| Place | North & Central America: Canada, Nova Scotia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART21984 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 35.6 x 50.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | watercolour on paper |
| Maker |
Warner, R Malcolm |
| Place made | Canada: Nova Scotia |
| Date made | October 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Mosquito takes off, Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Description
A Mosquito plane takes off on an operational training flight from No. 8 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Royal Australian Air Force trainees under the Empire Air Training Scheme are training in this Unit. 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.