Short Stirling Bomber (Original)

Artist: Keith Fretwell
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Size: 17" x 11" (420mm x 270mm)
Date: c. 1980
Code: FretwellSStirling2

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 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.