Night Fright and the Screaming Eagles Handley Page Halifax One is able to contrive

One is able to contrive the ideal composition yet it still holds true as far as credibility goes

The setting for this painting didn't take very much travelling to - it is right behind my cottage on the outskirts of a Lincolnshire village called Grimoldby

One engine would pull the cultivator the full length of the field attached to a piece of rope of suitable length whilst the other engine would be put into idle gear

I then compiled as much hard copy visual reference material as I could

Without a doubt one of my favourite aircraft

Night Fright and the Screaming Eagles Handley Page Halifax One is able to contriveThe image depicts the 101st Airborne Band of Brothers nicknamed the 'Screaming Eagles', about to embark onto their C47 Dakotas for the eventual parachute drop over enemy lines in Normandy. The print features one of the participating C47s 'Night Fright'. This very airframe is still in existance in America presently at this time, June 2014, beng refurbished and eventually being flown back to, and operated from, the UK. Artist signed limited edition of