General Information

Serial #

64/850

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

66.5 cm

Width

51.0 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

Martchenko

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

the painting depicts the first Canadian-built Avro Lancaster

Function

display; commemorative

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering hand painted on canvas at lower right reads: "MARTCHENKO '88"; lettering on outer border above image reads: "A Limited Edition of 850 prints Commissioned & Published by the B.C.I. Collection, Box 640, Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada"; lettering on inner border below image reads: "The Ruhr Express: First Off The Line/by/Michael Martchenko/The first Canadian-buile MK 10, KB 700, piloted by Squadron - Leader REG LANE, D.S.O., D.F.C., after take-off from Malton, Ontario,/on August 6th, 1943, enroute to England to Join 405 Squadron (PFF) RCAF in Bomber Command./Over 400 would soon follow./KEN MOLSON was Victory Aircraft's Assistant to the Chief Liaison Engineer on this most ambitious/project which represented a giant step forward in Canadian aircraft manufacturing capabilities."; lettering hand written in pencil on inner border below image reads: "64/850 [signatures] "Ken Molson" , "Reg Lane", "Martchenko"

Missing

N/A

Finish

colour picture; gray inner border with black lettering; white outer border with black lettering

Decoration

illustration of Avro Lancaster heavy bomber flying over Victory Aircraft factory