COMING HOME TO KIRKBY

THE SIGNATURES

Every print has been personally signed by the artist together with a  RAF Bomber Command veteran who served with 57 Squadron from East Kirkby:

Flight Sergeant LEN MANNING

Serving as a Rear Gunner on Lancasters with 57 Sqn, his aircraft was shot down by a German Night Fighter on his 3rd Operation on the night of 18/19th July 1944. After baling out he was taken in by French civilians in the town of La Trétoire who treated his wounds and helped him evade capture until the Allied advance reached northern France. Still suffering from his injuries, he returned to Britain in early September 1944.