ONE-TENS OVER KENT

A totally new concept in aviation art from the creative studio of one of the worldâ??s most innovative aviation artists. Two prints issued together as a matching numbered pair, between them depicting a three minute time-frame following a specific Luftwaffe raid on R.A.F. Biggin Hill in August, 1940. In the first of Nicolas Trudgianâ??s beautifully painted Time-Frame prints, THE THRESSING PARTY, we gaze upon an idyllic Kentish countryside scene in south-east England with farmworkers, unaware of the approaching enemy raiders, peacefully threshing the summer harvest. For these country folk the war could be a thousand miles away. Captured in his second work, the principal painting for his new Time-Frame Edition , Nicolas Trudgian cleverly takes us forward three minutes in time with his rendering ONE-TENS OVER KENT. With engines howling, a group of Messerschmitt Me110s and Me109s suddenly flash into view. At full throttle the enemy aircraft hurtle at tree-top height across the landscape, the valley echoing with their thunder. Instantly the peaceful rural scene is transformed , farmworkers rush for cover, dogs scamper in all directions, startled birds take to the air, and for a few frightening moments, chaos reigns. Featured in ONE-TENS OVER KENT are the Messerschmitt Me110's and 109's of 210 Gruppe based at Calais-Marck, their target the R.A.F. fighter station at Biggin Hill. The date August 30, 1940...