Study for 'Bombing up a Lancaster'
Art ART29403 Second World War, 1939-1945Avro Lancaster bomber with full bomb load in open bomb bay.
Bombing up a Lancaster for Wing Commander Douglas Accession Number: ART26261
Description
Loading bombs onto a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bomber for Bomber Command. Aircraft has protective cover over starboard wheel. Seen in the foreground are two loose bombs and a pair of universal bomb carriers. In the middle ground is a bomb trolley loaded with bombs. Single figure in battle dress uniform at left foreground. The Avro Lancaster looms large and menacing in the background like some great bird of prey. The figure is Squadron Leader 403564 Wing Commander John Keith Douglas, who was shot down over Muster, Germany on 8 February 1945. Douglas was the youngest Squadron Leader in the RAAF at 23 years of age.
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Accession Number
ART26261
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on hardboard
Measurement
Framed: 84.5 cm x 97 cm x 6.3 cm
Unframed: 63.4 cm x 76.2 cm
Unframed: 63.4 cm x 76.2 cm
Medium
oil on hardboard
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Gallery location
Anzac Hall, Australians in Bomber Command
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1944
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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