ighter ▁Command . ▁What ▁is ▁clear ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁only ▁drew ▁a ▁small ▁fraction ▁of ▁The ▁F ew . ▁ ▁In ▁no ▁case ▁did ▁I ▁choose ▁the ▁s itter ▁myself . ▁He ▁was ▁selected ▁either ▁by ▁Group ▁Head quarters ▁or ▁by ▁the ▁station ▁commander ▁and , ▁generally ▁speaking , ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁in ▁each ▁squad ron ▁were ▁chosen , ▁the ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁who ▁were ▁considered ▁the ▁most ▁valuable . ▁So ▁it ▁was ▁for ▁them ▁rather ▁in ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁a ▁mention ▁in ▁dispatch es , ▁I ▁merely ▁being ▁the ▁scri be ▁who ▁wrote ▁out ▁the ▁dispatch . ▁ ▁T aking ▁around ▁two ▁hours ▁per ▁picture , ▁Or de ▁drew ▁men ▁whose ▁names ▁have ▁become ▁familiar ▁to ▁those ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Battle ; ▁Douglas ▁B ader , ▁S ail or ▁Mal an , ▁Robert ▁Stan ford ▁T uck , ▁John nie ▁Johnson , ▁Arch ie ▁McK ell ar , ▁John ▁Fre eb orn . ▁He ▁usually ▁created ▁mon och rome ▁pictures ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁using ▁char co al ▁and ▁white ▁ch alk , ▁though ▁some ▁colour ▁port ra its ▁were ▁painted , ▁such ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁Bob ▁Stan ford ▁T uck ▁and ▁a ▁second ▁portrait ▁of ▁S ail or ▁Mal an . ▁ ▁In ▁drawing ▁the ▁cre am ▁of ▁the ▁pil ots , ▁names ▁and ▁uniform s ▁soon ▁became ▁out ▁of ▁date ▁as ▁subjects ▁were ▁promoted ▁and ▁decor ated . ▁On ▁finishing ▁his ▁drawing ▁of ▁Hugh ▁D und as , ▁Or de ▁j oked , ▁' I ' ve ▁left