02-08-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The Strongest Link WWII sculpture

A large statue of a WWII pilot watching the skies has appeared outside Biggin Hill airport in southeast London.The sculpture was constructed from 223 layers of stainless steel that have been stacked on top of each other to form the image of the nameless WWII pilot, who would have been based at Biggin Hill when it was an RAF base.
The garden around it and the statue and designed by John Everiss to honour the former RAF base’s role as ‘The Strongest Link’ in the Battle of Britain
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