Dropping the drogue
Art ART24099 Second World War, 1939-1945Depicts a Westland Lysander releasing drogue (target) after gunnery practice in the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), No 2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada.
After a blizzard, Saskatchewan Accession Number: ART23088
Description
Typical scene on a Canadian airfield the morning after a blizzard; the snow is liberally plastered on walls as well as on roofs and the clearing of the roadway makes a wall of snow which will stay until the first thaw - probably many months away. The airfield pictured is Dafoe, where personnel of the Royal Australian Air Force trained under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) at No.5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Accession Number
ART23088
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Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour with pen and ink over brown crayon on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 28.9 cm x 36 cm
Medium
watercolour with pen and ink over brown crayon on paper
Date Made
1945-01
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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