Yeah I have a copy of this thanks for your effort and attention though, I appreciate it. It blows my mind that the artist chose this Fairey Battle out of so many to render in 3d. It was for a magazine article in French about the Battle for France and the Fairey Battles role in it. (
Aérojournal n°75 - Dossier spécial Mai 1940 - Stopper les Panzer)
I think he chose this plane as a hero piece, due to the mission on 14th May 1940. 12 Sqn were based at Amifontaine they flew out and attacked troops/armour around Sedan, five planes went out, only one came back, that was L5538 with the same crew that were shot down on their next combat mission a week later on 19th May (Pilot Officer JJ McElligott, Sergeant B C Long the bomb aimer, Leading Aircraftman T O Burgess on the rear gun). Plane was damaged on the 14th but they repaired it, it was written off on the 19th as you can see from pics below. That would have scared the bejesus out of me, the only plane of 5 to return, so brave boys carried on. They moved base from Amifontaine to Echemines 15-17th May 1940.
One point to note, the Squadron code PH-A in that image is incorrect as the convention was to reverse it on the starboard side, so it should read A-PH in that view. PH is one of the 12 squadron codes and A is the plane call sign.
Eg see these ebay advert pics of both sides of the actual aircraft after it crash landed in the woods at Ménil-Lépinois. These are the type of pictures I am seeking original prints or high quality copies/scans of.
It also blows my mind there are post accident images of the plane, it seems it was axis sport to go out on recreational missions to take pics of these, as there is a rich seam of pictures coming out of Germany etc. There are six different views of this aircraft that I am aware of so far.