This is a fabulously detailed original pencil drawing by Steve Teasdale of the famous fighter ace and Battle of Britain leader ‘Sailor’ Malan. The drawing has been painstakingly created on high quality A3 cartridge paper and signed by the artist and 9 veterans of the Battle of Britain. The signatures are: Bob Innes, Ken Wilkinson, Jos Millard, Albert Gregory, Tony Pickering, Terry Clark, Tony Iveson, Bill Green and Ken Lusty. Adolph Gysbert Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (3 October 1910 – 17 September 1963), 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.