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Pink Lily
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Acrylic and Oil Pastel ..."Bombs Over Bremen"
Bomber Commands' offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939, with a few score primitive Whitleys , Hampdens and Wellingtons groping blindly through the darkness over Europe. It ended 6 years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes, equipped with the cream of Britain's wartime high technology, razing whole cities in a single night.
On Monday, 18 December 1939, Leading Aircraftsman Harry Jones of 37 Squadron, Bomber Command, ate his last breakfast in England for five and a half years at home in Feltwell with his wife Mary....
(Excerpts from Bomber Command by Max Hastings)
This song and the paintings here took inspiration from reading Max Hastings' book. The reference images for the paintings were taken from old Second World War photos found on the internet, with the exception of ' ..a lingering kiss.' which is original.
My interpretation of what happened that night is different to what was in the book, mine being a fictional account of what the tail gunner was thinking, these are not Harry Jones' thoughts. I can't imagine what it was like or how I would have felt in his situation, I only know war, in any form, is such a tragic waste of life...