Superb Lancaster Bomber Exhibition by Artist Suhail Shaikh at The Atkinson, Southport UK.

This video features the incredible art-work of artist Sunhail Shaikh, which was recently on display at the Atkinson Art Gallery in Southport.
Central to Suhail’s exhibition is a paper sculpture of the central section of a Lancaster Bomber. The work has been painstakingly put together to tell the story of WW2’s Bomber Command and to remember those that gave themselves for our freedom. We want to stop the memory of them from fading. The sculpture is covered in copies of ephemera, donated by veterans, their families and those who wished to assist in the acknowledgement of the sacrifice of so many. The documents help to tell this story in the words and pictures of those who were there.
55,573 young men died flying with Bomber Command during World War Two; that’s more than those who serve in the entire Royal Air Force today. They came to serve from all over the world, not just from Great Britain but also Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, in total over 62 Nations - the majority of them still in their late teens. Bomber Command suffered the highest losses of any unit during WWII but have struggled for recognition.
Every member of Bomber Command aircrew was a volunteer. They were tasked with flying 30 missions, but the survival rate was usually 3 weeks. The average age at the time of death was 23.
Veteran interviews used in this video are taken from the excellent International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0)
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I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommon...
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