From the age of seven, I have been captivated by everything to do with our aviation history during the war. It happened one day when a formation of aircraft I had never seen before flew over my home in Deal in Kent. My Dad, who had been a London lad, was quite shocked as he had been evacuated quite late after the bombing had started and it brought back memories of that time. He explained to me later that they had been filming the movie ‘Battle of Britain and the aircraft we had seen had been of the very type he had so feared during the war. In fact, the ‘Buchon’ Messerschmidt 109s had been stationed for a while at nearby Battle of Britain airfield, RAF Manston. I was hooked… and started to read anything I could get my hands on about my new heroes; Johnny Johnson, Bob Stanford Tuck, Adolph Galland, Peter Townsend; great names that resonate with me just as much now as they did all those years ago. I would not have believed at the time that the pursuit of my art would lead to my meeting some of these great men.