100 Years of 39 Squadron
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Watercolour, 75 x 52 cm. I was commissioned to paint this piece, which depicts all the aircraft flown by 39 Squadron RAF over their 100 year history. The main picture shows an armed Reaper unmanned aircraft, the Squadron's current aircraft, against the mountains and 'green zone' of Afghanistan. Behind it is a Canberra, the Squadron's longest-serving aircraft, and the BE2c in which Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson won the Victoria Cross during World War 1.
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Rob Wigham
I am a watercolour painter living and working in the beautiful north of Scotland. Although my painting began with landscape works, I have recently begun painting aircraft, especially with a military theme. I often enjoy placing many of my aircraft in a landscape setting of their own! I am…
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