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Arthur AaronLeeds 1922 - Bône Hospital, Algeria 1943Royal Air Force pilot; recipient of the Victoria Cross, (Wikipedia) |
Graham Ibbeson
2001 |
Statue of Arthur Aaron in pilot's dress, standing next to a 5 m high tree in which four children are climbing, progressively representing the passage of time between 1950 and 2000: a boy with planks (wings?) bound with ropes on his upper arms, a girl with a toy propeller plane with pilot, a boy with a toy jet fighter, and at the top a girl releasing a dove of peace. At the foot of the tree is a box, a diffel bag, a scroll and a draw hook, at the other sides lies a simple toy plane.
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The statue was unveiled on 24 March 2001 by Malcolm Mitchem, the last survivor of the aircraft.
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