Air sea rescue, 1943 (Flying Officer John Shelton, warrant officer Fred Ring, Flying Officer A Filear, Sergeant S.J. Bell, Lega and US Pilot Lieutenant George Wicks)

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Accession Number ART22745
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 54.6 x 67.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal and crayon with sanguine conte crayon on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made New Guinea1
Date made January 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Bootless Bay; air-sea rescue, launch; 45 Operational Base Unit, Air-Sea Rescue Unit; l-r: Flying A J Filear, Commanding RAAF Flying Boat Base and Marine Section, Sergeant G J Bell, coxswain of crash boat, Warrant Frederick Ring, Lieutenant George Wicks, USAF, Flight Lieutenant John Grantley Shelton, Medical, Lega, native crew boy, and the unidentified body of a deceased USAF airman; survival equipment - rubber raft, Mae West life jacket