Flying Officer Colin Betts

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Accession Number ART23157
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 52.8 x 60 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description sanguine conte crayon with pencil on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of A402786 Flying Officer Colin Clouderley Betts, pilot, No 258 Squadron Royal Air Force. The pilot wears his parachute harness, pistol and .38 ammunition, escape kit, oxygen mask and intercom (communications) gear. The rest of his escape kit, is for his protection should he happen to be in enemy territory, Ratnap, India.