Hungry and Thirsty Handley Page Halifax Powered by the Bristol Mercury

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The main modification to the actual scene was the road that ran across the scene was painted out by extenuating the middleground hedge to hide it from view

I fully believe that some of the best compositions are those of simplicity with simple atmosphere and mood

The painting shows S-GA during one of these attacks

Brancaster

Hungry and Thirsty Handley Page Halifax Powered by the Bristol MercuryAlways in need of maintenance, the all important ground crew are constantly on standby, as seen here refuelling and arming the Lancaster ready for another dangerous mission at night. The Americans took over the responsibility of daylight attacks, as losses of the relatively poorly self defended Lancaster were high. Ground crew had to work in all sorts of weather conditions, as depicted. It has to be remembered of course, that many ground crew lost