Split Point, Bay of Fundy Accession Number: ART24116

Description

A Mosquito plane from No.8 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, in flight over Split Point , the extreme northerly tip of Nova Scotia. The Unit is part of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and many of the trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force were trained here.

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Accession Number
ART24116
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour over pencil on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 27.6 cm x 37.9 cm
Medium
watercolour over pencil on paper
Date Made
1944-10
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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