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Gary Eason
Essex, UK
Photographer and digital artist.
Interests: aviation, landscapes, sailing
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No, not *that* G-for-George
Posted yesterday at Aerial Combat
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Luftwaffe ace Helmut Wick shot down over Poole Bay
Posted Oct 7, 2020 at Aerial Combat
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Heroic struggles against overwhelming odds
Posted Apr 8, 2020 at Aerial Combat
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With two engines out, this B-17's crew were lucky to make it back
Posted Oct 16, 2019 at Aerial Combat
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Courage of the paratroopers who jumped into D-Day
Posted May 28, 2019 at Aerial Combat
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Latest Flight Artworks images have a D-Day theme
Posted Apr 29, 2019 at Aerial Combat
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Two for the Hawker Hurricane fans
Posted Oct 26, 2018 at Aerial Combat
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Head in the clouds
Posted Jun 5, 2018 at Aerial Combat
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Is it a bird, is it a drone ... ?
Posted Jun 5, 2018 at Aerial Combat
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W5005 completed 44 successful ‘op’s with 460 Squadron. It was transferred to 550 Squadron, where it kept its nose art, becoming ‘BQ-N’. It flew a further 50 ops with 550 Sqn and was ditched in the Humber Estuary returning to Killingholme from its 94th operation, in August 1944.
The search for the Lancaster bagpipes kangaroo artist
Left: PA474 this week (Photo: Clive Rowley). Right: detail from my depiction of W5005 in September 1943 Colchester, 30 June 2017 The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's much-loved Avro Lancaster, PA474, is back in the air after its long layoff for major maintenance and a repaint – which fea...
Hi Roger - As explained in my article, we (and especially Clive) did a lot of research on this. The 460 Squadron records show that JB607 was shot down (over Kerkrade, Holland) on 29 December 1943 on only its ninth operation. So it could not have displayed the 30 operations shown in the artwork's bomb tally. The confusion seems to have arisen because a photo of the Stan Ireland crew who were flying JB607 when it was lost shows them standing under the Lancaster with this nose art – so some people have assumed this was ‘their’ aircraft - and therefore that the nose art was on JB607. In fact they never actually flew W5005 - they probably just had their photo taken with some nice nose art.
The search for the Lancaster bagpipes kangaroo artist
Left: PA474 this week (Photo: Clive Rowley). Right: detail from my depiction of W5005 in September 1943 Colchester, 30 June 2017 The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's much-loved Avro Lancaster, PA474, is back in the air after its long layoff for major maintenance and a repaint – which fea...
Topsy turvy new Flight Artworks picture published
Posted Apr 24, 2018 at Aerial Combat
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Hi Dave
If you mean this picture of mine - no, I just stumbled across Greg's book while doing some research. Prints available here:
www.flightartworks.com/-/portfolio/aviation/wwii-bombers/-/medias/a0a492da-b4c6-4369-ab35-d11d2e16ebb5-handley-page-halifax-b-iii-above-clouds
Cheers - GE
The Halifax, the night fighter ace, and the crew that got away
Handley Page Halifax III HX334 / NP-C of 158 Squadron © Gary Eason Colchester, 3 December 2016 My latest picture features a Handley Page Halifax III of 158 Squadron. On the night of 12 May 1944 it headed for a target in Belgium – and did not come back. But the crew all did, eventually. The st...
New challenge: two-seat Spitfires and a Hispano Buchon
Posted Feb 27, 2018 at Aerial Combat
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Thanks, Laurie. I have just been admiring some of your work: I grew up in Saltburn so you're ticking a few boxes there!
Special 460 Squadron coins flown in BBMF Lancaster
RAF Coningsby, 30 October 2017 Squadron Leader Andy "Milli" Millikin, Officer Commanding the RAF Memorial Flight presenting a special commemorative coin to Australian visitor Richard Munro of the 460 Squadron Veterans and Friends Group, at RAF Coningsby. The coin is one of only 12 that were...
Beaufighter strike on "butterfly bombs" raid
Posted Jan 13, 2018 at Aerial Combat
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RAF Mosquitos in Norway fjord are latest Flight Artworks depiction
Posted Dec 15, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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Special 460 Squadron coins flown in BBMF Lancaster
Posted Oct 31, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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Mid-air collision between Lancaster bombers
Posted Oct 13, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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Photographs from Duxford's 2017 autumn Airshow
Posted Oct 7, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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New Supermarine Swift WK275 artwork
Posted Sep 21, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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Remembering those who never made it into battle
Posted Aug 30, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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Is it a bird, is it a drone...?
Posted Aug 29, 2017 at Random Seens
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I won't tell anyone if you don't.
Seven seconds: the Tower Bridge Hawker Hunter incident
Colchester, 5 April 2016 Just after midday on 5 April 1968 RAF pilot Alan Pollock, senior operational flight commander on No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, flew Hawker Hunter FGA.9 jet XF442 through the span of Tower Bridge in London. The unauthorised action - which cost him his air force career - w...
WWII aircrew: heroism at such a young age
Posted Jul 27, 2017 at Aerial Combat
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