Halifax dispersal point, UK 1944 Accession Number: ART23470

Description

Handley Page Halifax bomber at its dispersal point, off the runway of the airfiled. Aircraft were scattered around the area of the aerodrome to minimise the damage from enemy action.

Details

Accession Number
ART23470
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas board
Measurement
Framed: 47.4 cm x 60.2 cm
Unframed: 31 cm x 43.4 cm
Medium
oil on canvas board
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Gallery location
Anzac Hall, Australians in Bomber Command
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

Tags

Accession ART23470

More like this

Tribute to You Halifax

Art ARTV03468 Second World War, 1939-1945

British Second World War poster promoting the fighting abilities of the Handley-Page Halifax. This was one of a series of similar 'Bulletin' posters that highlighted the important of Allied aircraft.

MED1690

Photograph MED1690 Second World War, 1939-1945

Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. 3 October 1943. Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft of No. 462 Squadron RAAF lined up on a North African aerodrome ready to take off with their huge bomb loads for tar

MED1683

Photograph MED1683 Second World War, 1939-1945

Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 3 October 1943. Night fighters are the night bomber's deadly enemy. Ground crew are treating the exhaust stack of a Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft of No. 462 Squadro

MED0747

Photograph MED0747 Second World War, 1939-1945

Western Desert, Egypt. 5 November 1942. An airman with some of the rockets used for signalling to aircraft as he stands in the flare path of a desert airfield while Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraf

A00654

Photograph A00654 First World War, 1914-1918

The first Handley-Page 0/400 bomber aircraft to be used in Palestine arriving at the aerodrome of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps.

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 30 April 2026 - 12.24 am