| Place | Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Gambut |
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| Accession Number | ART22045 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 17.6 x 25.3 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pen, ink and wash on paper |
| Maker |
Dargie, William |
| Place made | North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Gambut |
| Date made | 4 March 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Flood on the aerodrome, Gambut
Description
Pen and ink sketch of unidentified members of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force struggling with their tent at their base at Gambut Airfield, Libya. There is a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk in background. Dargie later recorded: "Very few would expect to be flooded out in the desert, yet this was the experience of 3 Sqdn...The planes were grounded for days. This sketch was hurriedly made whilst the artists' tent-mates were blasphemously & energetically attempting to keep the tent pegs in the sodden ground during the gale which blew with the rain".
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