William Barker Sopwith Snipe Combination

[greatwarpilot]

Gentlemen - Great Thread. A few months back, myself and another 'drome member were discussing the prospects for a short article looking at all of the depictions of Barker's famous fight in E8102. I had seen Mr. Bradford's image before, but the rest of these are new to me.

Stephen Quick painted his version of the fight that appears in David Bashow's Knights of the Air. I'm away from home at the moment, and don't have access to a scanner. Here is a photo I took this morning to give you a sense of the piece.

In my eyes, the most vivid depiction of this famous fight remains Russell Smith's "Wrong Place, Wrong Time".

[Albatros_Ace]

i have to agree wrong place wrong time it wasn't good for him either he had to live the rest of his short life in pian

[Russell Smith]

Originally Posted by greatwarpilot

In my eyes, the most vivid depiction of this famous fight remains Russell Smith's "Wrong Place, Wrong Time".

Thanks for that, Ed.

Here you go, guys.

[Ricardo Reis]

Originally Posted by Russell Smith

Thanks for that, Ed.

Here you go, guys.

but unless you know the story it doesn't seems that Barker is in "the wrong place and wrong time" by this

great piece of work Russ

[Albatros_Ace]

beautiful pic where can you get copies?

[Russell Smith]

Originally Posted by Albatros_Ace

beautiful pic where can you get copies?

Thanks. link here:
Russell Smith Studios -Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Russ

[Albatros_Ace]

sorry i'm an idiot lol noticed after i posted that

[Gregvan]

Hi,

Just to keep this thread alive, here's a rendering (circa 1959) of Barker's fight by Robert T. Handville. This is from a series called the Historical Aviation Collection of Phillips Petroleum, and was published in Oughton's "The Aces". I already posted one image from this series in the Werner Voss thread.

Pretty dynamic, even if the correct references for the Snipe weren't quite available at the time.

[Albatros_Ace]

thats another good one

[jastaflieger]

This image is from a series of postcards depicting the hx of the RAF, wonderful images and are relatively inexpensive, there are a total of 189 cards in the series from WWI to present day aircraft. All are superb and i bleive they are available on Mr. Turner's website.