Cockpit of a Harvard trainer No. 6 S.F.T.S. Dunnville Accession Number: ART24114

Description

The pilot is a member of the Royal Australian Air Force training under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada. Roominess is not a feature of the Harvard's cockpit, but a comfortable feeling of snugness is appreciated when sudden changes of flight are made. No.6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966) was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of the RAAF in Canada, United States and the Bahamas. His first mission was in Papua New Guinea recording Australian operation against the Japanese. In 1945 Warner continued to work as a war artist recording civil and industrial war efforts and food production in areas of New South Wales and Victoria. After the war he returned to commercial art, designing posters, murals and postage stamps and illustrating books.

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Accession Number
ART24114
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and watercolour on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 24.1 x 33 cm
Medium
pen and watercolour on paper
Date Made
1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1944
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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