Check up on a Liberator bomber Accession Number: ART23197

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Fitters checking up on a B-24 Liberator bomber on the morning after the bomber's return from an operational flight over Burma, possibly No 159 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.

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Accession Number
ART23197
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink with coloured wash on paper
Measurement
Overall: 10.3 cm x 15.2 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
December 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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