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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph/limited edition
DATE: 1995
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1710.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: On Guard For Thee
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 417/575
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 99.4 cm
Width: 66.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Knight
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); the sinking of the U-420 took place in approx. November 1943
Canada: the RCAF spicifically adapted Liberator B-24 bombers for anti-submarine warfare
Function: display; commemorate sinking of U-420 over the Atlantic by Liberator "A" of Royal Canadian Air Force 10 Bomber Reconaissance Squadron in 1943
Technical: the B-24 Liberator employed a narrow beam radar designed to detect periscopes
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand painted on canvas at lower left reads: "CP.Knight"; lettering printed on border below image reads: "On Guard For Thee/Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Coastal Command"; lettering hand written in pencil on border below image reads: "417/575 [signed] CP Knight"; counter sighed by "Mac Wallace" & "Wally Ford", two veterans of anti-submarine combat in B-24 Liberators
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour picture predom. blue-gray-white; white border with black caption
Decoration: image shown a B-24 Liberator sropping depth charges on a German U-boat

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1995, Artifact no. 1995.1710, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1710.001/

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