sketch drawing, WAAF Switchboard Operator in Flying Control Tower
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-3894
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
RCAF, Coastal Command - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Goldhamer, Flight Lieutenant Charles
- Date Made 1944/12/26
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/12/26
- Latest 1944/12/26
- Inscription (recto) CHARLES GOLDHAMER DEC 26TH 1944 (verso): WAAF SWITHCBOARD OPERATOR IN FLYING CONTROL TOWER CARBON PENCIL 11 X 15 R.A.F CHIVENOR - 407 SQUADRON DEC 26 1944 THE OPERTOR DEALS WITH ALL THE INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALLS WHILST ON DUTY IN THE FLYING CONTROL ROOM. SHE MAKES CONTACT BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CHARLES GOLDHAMER; U.K. 531 C.G. Neg No W.A.24
- Medium carbon pencil
- Support papermat
- Materials Not applicable
- Branch Women's Auxiliary Air Force
- Service Component Royal Canadian Air ForceRoyal Air Force
- Unit 407 SquadronRMB Chivenor
- Measurements Height 28.0 cm, Width 38.0 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.