War Artists Artist William Dring, 1945 IWM ART LD 5471 "A scene inside the cabin of an aircraft with five British paratroopers preparing to jump through the open door, attended by their instructor. An aerial view of the landscape below can be seen through the door, a few paratroopers having already jumped. A Stick of Paratroopers jumping at Ringway, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant H Murphy, Lance-Corporal S Brunton, Lance-Corporal G S Comley, Private S Clay, Lance-Corporal Hipperson" Artist Leslie Cole, 1942 IWM ART LD 2644 "A Glider Pilot at the Control" "View of a pilot seen from behind, with a view through the glider's nose window down onto another aircraft flying below" Artists:
"The idea that semi-skilled, unpicked personnel (infantry corporals have, I believe, even been suggested) could with a maximum of training be entrusted with the piloting of these troop carriers is fantastic. Their (the gliders) operation is equivalent to forced landing the largest sized aircraft without engine aid - than which there is no higher test of piloting skill .........." Arthur Harris's early view on what became the Glider Pilot Regiment.
War Artists Artist John Ward IWM ART LD 4585 "Gliders of the 6th Airborne Division which landed East and West of the River Orne: 6th June 1944" "A flat landscape strewn with damaged and empty Horsa gliders. One is shown in detail in the foreground with its wings broken and fuselage severed just before the tail fin." Possibly on LZ 'W' with view across Orne Valley to the Breville Ridge. Artist Patrick Hall, 1945 IWM ART LD 5635 "A lengthways perspective showing an interior view of the training of paratroopers in an enormous hangar designed for the purpose, at the Parachute Training School at Ringway in Cheshire. In the foreground a paratrooper is being released from a high platform to the ground, using a parachute mechanism suspended from metal runners that form part of a framework near the ceiling. Below him and in the distance, paratroopers are undergoing a variety of training." Artist: Regards ...
War Artists Artist Roy Nockolds Horsas,1944 Artist Terence Cuneo Invasion Scene, 1944 Artist - Terence Cuneo: Regards ...
War Artist Edward Bawden, 1943 IWM ART LD 3147 "Jumping Tower for the Training of Polish Parachute Troops at Largo, Fife A training tower for parachutists with a figure hanging from a parachute attached to the upper crane." Others: Regards ...
I love this thread and always on the look out for another paras picture or painting. Here is one I bought around 10 years ago signed limited edition.
Aircraft Artist Paul Nikolic Armstrong Whitworth Albemarles of 296 Squadron, 5th June 1944 Unknown Artist Short Stirling Tugs Regards ...
Artist David Shepherd The Kopenhof Farrn, March 24th 1945 A request for information as posted here: The Kopenhof Farrn Artwork Artist: Regards ...
Two 1974 Airborne Book Jacket/Covers British Airborne Troops - Barry Gregory - 1974 Jacket Design by Mike Jarvis Painting by Mike Codd British Parachute Forces, 1940-45 - Howard Percy Davies - 1974 Various: Regards ...
"KEEP YOUR FEET AND KNEES TOGETHER YOU BLEEDIN' TAP DANCER!" Chastened, but lesson learnt. Kind regards, always, Jim.