Captain Cuthbert Julian Orde was an artist and First World War pilot. He is best known for his war art, especially his portraits of Allied Battle of Britain pilots.
Cuthbert Orde in Royal Flying Corps uniform, 1916
John Freeborn DFC* in front of his portrait by Cuthbert Orde, 2004
David Moore Crook, 1940
Sailor Malan, 1940
Adolph Gysbert Malan,, better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. He finished his fighter career in 1941 with twenty-seven destroyed, seven shared destroyed and two unconfirmed, three probables and sixteen damaged. At the time he was the RAF's leading ace, and one of the highest scoring pilots to have served wholly with RAF Fighter Command during the Second World War.
Group Captain Sailor Malan c. 1945
Malan in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire at Biggin Hill, Kent.
Sailor Malan, colour oil painting by Cuthbert Orde
Malan (second from left), RAF and Free French officers on D-Day