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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w/framed
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0259.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Frist Lancaster Being Delivered to Britain
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper photograph, glass, card stock matte & backing; wooden frame; steel rings with non-ferrous metal wire; backing is reinforced with duct tape

Dimensions

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Length: 62.0 cm
Width: 52.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 3.5 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this picture was taken in 1945
Canada: Unknown
Function: display; to commemorate contributions to war effort of Ferry Command (RAF 45 Transport Command) pilots & the Canadian built Lancaster bomber
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Signatures of several dozen Ferry Command pilots on image; lettering hand written in pen on back reads: "THE FIRST LANCASTER BEING DELIVERED TO BRITAIN 1941[?]/ BUILT IN CANADA BY VICTORY AIRCRAFT TORONTO/ PILOT CAPTAIN CLYDE PANGBORN. PANGBORN WAS/ FAMOUS IN AVIATION HISTORY BEING IN THE ATLANTIC/ PIONEERS IN THE EARLY 1920'S/ TO MY GOOD/FRIEND [?] COUSINEAU/REG AVEY"
Missing: N/A
Finish: B&W photograph; light gray matte; white & dark gray frame.
Decoration: Image: side view of Avro Lancaster heavy bomber in flight.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, 1945, Artifact no. 2003.0259, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2003.0259.001/

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