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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

The US Airforce Liberator B-24J bomber is viewed from above. It is green with the white star markings, the letters D and H and the number 2109835 on the tail. Two machine gunners are visible and bombs are being dropped in a raid over a built up area. The background, with other aircraft flying, is in grey, with patches of white cloud.

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Categories	Paintings Transport SCRAN
Object type	Oil painting
Title	liberator (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Oil on canvas nailed to wooden support frame
Brief description	Oil painting of a US Airforce Liberator B-24J bomber viewed from above, England, 1960s
Physical description	The US Airforce Liberator B-24J bomber is viewed from above. It is green with the white star markings, the letters D and H and the number 2109835 on the tail. Two machine gunners are visible and bombs are being dropped in a raid over a built up area. The background, with other aircraft flying, is in grey, with patches of white cloud.
Dimensions	Height: 60.8cm Width: 91.5cm Depth: 2.4cm
Object history	References: Airfix issued several versions of this kit. One of a set of oil paintings produced for Airfix and used as the illustrations on their kit boxes and labels.
Production	Made by: OATES, signed in lower right corner, in black england
Subjects depicted	War Aircraft Clouds
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.458-1997

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Record created	April 18, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O37426/liberator-oil-painting-unknown/

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