General Information

Serial #

337/500

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

86.6 cm

Width

60.6 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

Bailey

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

City

Stony Plain

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

dispaly; commemorates the role of German Luftwaffe pilots Horst Petzschler & Oscar Boesch in battle against American bombers over Magdeburg on May 28, 1944

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering hand painted on canvas at lower right reads: "Robert Bailey A.S.A.A. (C) 1997"; lettering printed on border below image reads: "HORRIDO!/By Robert Bailey, A.S.A.A./On May 28th, 1944, more than 1,000 American heavy bombers made a strike on Industrial/targets in Magdeburg, Germany. Feldwebel Horst Petzschler banks his Bf-109/to counter an attack by P-51 Mustangs. Below, Feldwebel Oscar Boesch/dives toward the bomber stream./Printed in Canada by Quality Press, Inc."; lettering hand written in pencil on border below image reads: "337/500/[signed] R Bailey"; counter signed: "H. Petzschler" & "O. Boesch"

Missing

N/A

Finish

colour picture; white border with black caption

Decoration

image of Messerschmitt BF-109's attacking formation of American heavy bombers