Short Stirling Bomber from above (Original)

Artist: Keith Fretwell
Medium: Mixed Media on Card
Size: 16" x 15" (415mm x 380mm)
Date: c. 1990
Code: FretwellSStirling

This is the unique original Mixed Media art by Keith Fretwell.

The Short Stirling was the first four-engined British heavy bomber of the Second World War. The Stirling was designed and built by Short Brothers to an Air Ministry specification from 1936, and entered service in 1941.

The Stirling had a relatively brief operational career as a bomber, being relegated to second line duties from 1943 onwards when other four-engined RAF bombers, specifically the Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster, took over its role, but fulfilled a major role as a glider tug and resupply aircraft during the allied invasion of Europe in 1944-1945.

This is a superb diagrammatic detailed painting.

• Artist Biography

  Keith Fretwell
  The late Keith Fretwell was a very skilled aviation artist. He illustrated numerous books in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series.
  Source: Osprey Publishing