Interior Cockpit, Transport plane 1943

Depicts the interior of the cockpit of an airborne Hudson bomber plane, with air crew during the Second World War. The work was reproduced on the cover of the 'Australian Women's Weekly' magazine on 20 November 1943. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926 as a 16 yr old, he became a cadet newspaper artist with the 'Sunday News' and began his professional career working for a number of newspapers. During the Second World War, he became a war correspondant with Consolidated Press, contributing illustrations that were published in the 'Australian Women's Weekly' magazine. His images, with their sardonic humour, richly conveyed the lives and personalities of Australian troops during the Second World War.