Monday, January 14, 2013

The Observers

The Observers, Fighter Command Panel, The Battle of Britain Monument by Paul Day, Victoria Embankment, London
“The Observers”, The Battle of Britain Monument, First Panel - Fighter Command
Paul Day sculptor, Donald Insall Associates architects
Victoria Embankment
London, October 2009

“Scattered around the coast and inland, the 30,000 strong Observer Corps ceaselessly scoured the air to intercept, visually and orally, enemy raiders. After RDF (Radio Direction Finder), they were the next line of defence and crucial for the relaying of information back to Uxbridge.” (Description of monument scenes by the sculptor, Battle of Britain Monument)

See also: Scramble
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4 comments:

  1. tapirgalJanuary 14, 2013 at 4:57 AM

    I like the way you cropped this. It's good to have sculpture to preserve events as well as people.

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  2. cieldequimperJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM

    That's very striking. At first, I thought this was a WWI trench with strange buildings.

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  3. DinaJanuary 14, 2013 at 9:07 AM

    30,000! Imagine today, if we had to rely on human eyes and ears.

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  4. AndyJanuary 15, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    You really captured what the artist was expressing in his sculpture.

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