This picture shows a small detail on the statue at Eastgate, Leeds to the memory of Arthur Louis Aaron VC DFM (5 March 1922 – 13 August 1943) .
One of the city of Leeds most famous sons Arthur Louis Aaron was awarded the Victoria Cross in WW2.
This 5m bronze sculpture by Graham Ibbeson takes the form of Aaron standing next to a tree, up which are climbing three children progressively representing the passage of time between 1950 and 2000, with the last a girl releasing a dove of peace, all representing the freedom his sacrifice helped ensure.
This small detail on the Aaron statue is of a child's small home made aeroplane with a clothes peg as the propeller.
Yorkshire scultor Graham Ibbeson is perhaps best known for his statue of comedian Eric Morcambe, in Morcambe, Lancashire. There is another work by Graham Ibbeson in Skipton, Yorkshire, a bronze statue of cricketer Fred Trueman.
I've just been down and had a good look at the statue for various reasons- there are in fact four children on it. Wikipedia also says there are three but I'm not confident enough in computer use to try to edit Wikipedia- hopefully someone else will. I love your photo.
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