Home to Roost is a piece of digital artwork by Pat Speirs which was uploaded on October 21st, 2011.
Title
Home to Roost
Artist
Pat Speirs
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art Print
Description
�Home to Roost�
The last of the daylight touches everything with a soft gold colouring as the Mustang squadrons recover to their Cambridge bases. The central aircraft, appropriately named �Twilight Tears�, heading for Duxford is accompanied by other squadron ships from Debden and Bottisham - USAF 8th AF bases all within a few miles of each other. At the height of the aerial onslaught on Europe there were some 70 operational airbases in this small area of England each with a usual complement of four squadrons, involved in the USAF 8th Air Force operations.
The Bottisham P51, yellow nose, is closely herded by a �friend� as it struggles with a failing engine - all in all an everyday occurrence in the heart of �Bomber Country�. The other ships from 83, 84, 334 and 374 squadrons make their individual way �home�.
Uploaded
October 21st, 2011
