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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph
DATE: 1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0751.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Rees & the Ten Walfische
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
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: 35.5 cm
Width: 28.0 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: Corning
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: DISPLAY
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed below image reads: "From a painting in the LEACH CORPORATION HERITAGE OF THE AIR COLLECTION/REES AND THE TEN WALFISCHE/It was July 1, 1916. Major L.W.B. Rees, flying a DeHavilland 2 on a routine patrol,/spotted what he thought to be ten British planes returning from a raid. When he flew/over to join them, he found they were German Roland C-II bombers (called Walfische/becaise they looked like whales). Rees fought them off single-handedly, downing one plane/and scattering the rest. For this good day's harpooninhg, he received the Victoria Cross./C 1963 LEACH CORPORATION LITHO IN U.S.A."
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOUR IMAGE
Decoration: IMAGE OF DEHAVILLAND 2 BIPLANE ATTACKING A FORMATION OF ROLAND C-11'S DURING WWI

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1963, Artifact no. 1991.0751, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0751.001/

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