Rear gunner by james hair
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Behind this incongruous image is a story. As I pushed him back to his ward from the hospital chapel he said. " I was rear gunner in the War: I'm more terrified of now being in a wheelchair than ever I was in the raids". I had drawn the image for a weekly reflection page, as an illustration of a theme. I had intended it as rough sketch prior to ink drawing, but think it works better as 2B graphite, A4 paper. The turret comes from a photo, the man evolved from memories.
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