Statue of Sir Keith Park

Temporary statue of Sir Keith Park, November 4, 2009 to May 2010 The one interlude that was not a commission. Between Gormley's people and Shonibare's ship, a fiberglass statue of the New Zealand-born air commander celebrated for his part in the Battle of Britain stood on the plinth for about six months, the closest it has come to holding the kind of hero it was built for. It then went to the RAF Museum, and a permanent bronze by Les Johnson, pictured here, was unveiled in Waterloo Place in 2010, the 70th anniversary of the battle. It is worth knowing as the plinth's road not taken.