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Image shows the base of the statue of Arthur Aaron VC located at the bottom of Eastgate. Here, we see the poppy decorated booted legs of Flight Sergeant Aaron as he is depicted standing beside a tree which represents the passage of time from the Second World War years to the present day. Children climbing the tree are symbols of peace and freedom for susbequent generations of people as a result of the sacrifice made by Arthur Aaron and others like him. Although severely wounded and unable to speak he managed to save the lives of fellow crew members by flying the badly damaged Stirling from Turin over the Mediterranean to Bone, Algeria. With the aid of the bomb aimer he crash landed in the darkness but sadly died nine hours later in the station hospital. He is buried in the Commonwealth war cemetery in Bone. Arthur Aaron was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery and the Distinguished Flying Medal. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Eastgate statue Arthur Aaron war | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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