Low-Level Light: Sketches from the Desert War

The Wartime Drawings of William Bradley, RAF No. 6 Squadron
Collated by Peter Dignan

William (Bill) Bradley was a prolific artist and model maker whose fascination with flight began in childhood. His paintings adorn many homes across the northeast of Scotland, and several of his aircraft models reside in private collections and aviation museums.

This book is a pictorial diary of Bill's time during the African campaign. It contains his drawings in their raw form and photographs of personal wartime objects. Each drawing is annotated with the original notes he left behind.

Bill joined the RAF in 1940 at the age of 20, assigned to No. 6 Squadron as a radio operator. He shipped out in January 1941 aboard the Duchess of Richmond, bound for the West Coast of Africa. These sketches document his final months in Stonehaven, his training in England, the voyage to Africa, and his time with No. 6 Squadron during the African campaign.

All profits go to Operation Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire.

© November 2025, Peter Dignan | ISBN: 978-1-80605-431-2