As a POW in Changi, dad painted to keep his sanity. These 300 paintings he got out of Changi are now on a webpage after being in his cupboard for 70 years: The Changi POW Artwork of Des Bettany | Prisoner of War at Changi, Singapore Just a quick sample of his work follows, if you think others would benefit / enjoy, please pass the word on.
Fantastic-anymore 1940 ones? Did he serve in France during 1940? http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=100511&d=1361628732
I especially like the manhandling drawing, it brings home to me the strain of moving these guns around in the mud. On Chindit 2 there were several of these guns supporting some of the strongholds covering the Mandalay/Myitkhina railway, heaven knows how they moved these around during monsoon conditions.
Absolutely fantastic Technically accurate and humerous , as an ex 25 pdr TA gunner 1965-7 , I found them to be 'BANG ON '