'Propaganda' book

[Frank Kelley]

I think it is merely an artists image of the type rather than a particular aeroplane, the artist concerned may well have simply painted whatsoever the Air Ministry wanted, moreover, there is no number visible so you cannot identify it exactly anyway, it reminds me of the images in comics I would read as a small child
The first to enter service was N3641 on the 12th of August 1940, I like the type and it is a great shame it has not survived, a single example would have been nice.

[Frank Kelley]

Genesis chapter 19 verse 24 certainly springs to mind,
Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire.

Actually, Arthur Harris had planned a "centenary conflagration" for the 30th of May 1942, but, the weather changed, so he sent his lads to Cologne instead, Operation Gomorrah would have to wait until high summer the following year!

Originally Posted by Mike Jackson

Fascinating. The Stirling's eye (below the cockpit) gives it a rather apprehensive look. Presumably the book skates over the details of the firestorm in the Ruhr and Luftwaffe night fighters? Mike