P04136.001 Accession Number: P04136.001

Description

An Avro Lancaster bomber aircraft of 463 Squadron RAAF, with nose art depicting "Joe the 'Obo," a swagman with a billy and blanket roll, beside which is written 'Olwyn's revenge.' A row of miniature Joe's to the right represent a tally of operations into Europe. The Lancaster nose art, which decorated nearly all RAAF heavy bombers, was painted by squadron ground staff at Waddington airfield, Britain.

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Accession Number
P04136.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1943-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor N Wann
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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