| Accession Number | AWM2019.157.6 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Oversize: 1 |
| Object type | Artwork |
| Maker |
Schrock, Arthur Reginald Britton |
| Place made | At sea, Canada, United Kingdom |
| Date made | c1940-1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Schrock, Arthur Reginald Britton (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1977)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 404589 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Britton Schrock, 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at sea, Canada and the United Kingdom, c1940-1945.
Oversize Folder 1 of 1 – Consists of thirteen sketches and watercolours drawn by Flight Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Britton Schrock. These artworks were created by Flight Lieutenant Schrock during his service as a wireless operator and air gunner between c 1940 and 1945. This folder contains:
1x Watercolour painting depicting beach scene, c 1940-1941. This painting is thought to have been made while Flight Lieutenant Schrock was travelling across the Pacific Ocean to attend training in Canada.
1x Watercolour painting depicting head of dancer, c 1940-1941. This painting is thought to have been created while Flight Lieutenant Schrock was travelling across the Pacific Ocean to attend training in Canada.
1x Watercolour painting depicting dancer, c 1940-1941. This painting is thought to have been created while Flight Lieutenant Schrock was travelling across the Pacific Ocean to attend training in Canada.
1x Watercolour painting titled ‘Air sea rescue launch and quay. Wells on Sea. Norfolk. England.’, c 1941-1945.
1x Pencil sketch titled ‘Hey! Bill whats blood smell like?’, depicting a damaged Supermarine Spitfire fighter, c 1941-1945.
1x Pencil sketch depicting three Supermarine Spitfire fighters, c 1941-1945.
1x Pencil sketch depicting an Avro Lancaster bomber, c 1941-1945.
1x Watercolour painting titled ‘Take off’, depicting an Avro Lancaster bomber on an airfield at night, c 1941-1945.
1x Watercolour painting titled ‘Caught’, depicting an Avro Lancaster bomber caught in a searchlight beam, c 1941-1945.
1x Watercolour painting depicting the view from an Avro Lancaster cockpit during a night raid, c 1941-1945.
1x Pencil sketch depicting a Handley Page Hampden bomber, c 1941-1945.
1x Pencil sketch titled ‘Pilot’, depicting a pilot of an Arvo Lancaster bomber, c 1941-1945.
1x Pencil sketch titled ‘Ian Whitson’, thought to depict 404593 Flying Officer Ian Hamilton Whitson, c 1941-1945.