This year celebrates the 70th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain that took place over July-September 1940. Undoubtedly the star of this legendary and event changing conflict was R.J. Mitchell’s Spitfire which has gone down in history as being the unrivalled symbol of defiance.

I was thrilled therefore to come across Huw Edwards Jones’ memorial piece, a sculpture/table made from both original spitfire components with others following the original blueprint specifications, as a fitting memorial to RJ Mitchell, Wing Commander Bob Doe, DSO, DFC & Bar (the third highest scoring Battle of Britain ‘Ace’) and to quote Churchill, “The Few”.

Designed and produced by Huw himself, who incidentally is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers and who has been awarded five separate Guild Marks to date, the sculpture/table will seat up to 16 people and will be accompanied by provenance in the form of copies of notes to Huw about the piece from both Gordon Mitchell (son of R.J. Mitchell) and Bob Doe himself.

Huw is currently seeking a commission for the piece and I urge you to take a look at his website.

I wish Huw every success with this special project and look forward to seeing the piece once finished.