Phil met Ron Jobson last week at his home in north west London. Ron is a well-known illustrator - he was the creator of many of the propaganda posters during the Second World War and in 1967 was responsible for the illustrations on all of the Matchbox 1-75 Series model boxes for that year.
Ron has also produced illustrations for Airfix model boxes and for many books on aircraft and spacecraft.More details of some of Ron Jobson's pictures can be found in the following articles:
Unfortunately Ron wasn't allowed to keep most of his commissioned illustrations as copyright usually remained with the agency he was working for in each case. However Ron has kept a small collection of his non-commissioned paintings of war scenes and aircraft over the years, and has now consigned 20 of these to our 15th October Toy & Model Auction.
By Chris Aston
Here are some of the pictures - full list of sale results can be found here:
Aston's Toy Auction Results
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