sketch drawing, Rotol Specialist Refitting Spinner on Leigh Light, Wellington
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-3858
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
RCAF, Coastal Command - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Goldhamer, Flight Lieutenant Charles
- Date Made 1945/04/15
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1945/04/15
- Latest 1945/04/15
- Inscription (recto) CHARLES GOLDHAMER (verso): ROTOL SPECIALIST REFITTING SPINNER ON LEIGH LIGHT WELLINGTON XIV RAF CHIVENOR -407 QUADRON CHARBON PENCIL DRAWING 11 X 15 15 APRIL /45 CHARLES GOLDHAMER F/L; U.K. 661 C.G. Neg No W.A. 150
- Medium carbon pencil
- Support papermat
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Royal Canadian Air Force
- Unit 407 SquadronRMB Chivenor
- Measurements Height 28.1 cm, Width 38.2 cm
- Caption Goldhamer, Charles (1903-1985)
- Additional Information Goldhamer enlisted in the RCAF in 1943 as a supervisor of art programs for air force personnel. As an official war artist from 1944 to 1946, he portrayed severely burnt airmen convalescing at an advanced plastic surgery unit in England. After the war he continued his career as a teacher and painter.