General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper image; card stock caption; glass; wood frame; steel hanging hardware; staples & nails; cardboard backing

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

119.5 cm

Width

79.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

3.0 cm

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

WWII; the BCATP was in operation between 1940 & 1945; uniforms; equipment, vehicles & airplane appear to conform to period

Canada

yellow airplane resembles Harvard trainer used by British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP); operated by the RCAF to train Commonwealth air crews, a significant Canadian contribution to the allied war effort

Function

display; souvenir; possibly constructed to honour a particular S.S.O. (Signals Security Officer) on departure fron unit

Technical

given the communications equipment promently shown in drawing, S.S.O. is likely an acronym for Signals Security Officer

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

caption on labelstapled onto image reads: "S.S.O.-1/ON/OPERATION/SCAN"; lettering on adhesive label on back reads: "Central Art Store/G.C. ROBERSON/Pictures Framed & Cleaned/525 Richmond Street/London, Ontario"

Missing

N/A

Finish

black lettering hand drawn images, some yellow colouring, b + w photographic material on white background; brown frame

Decoration

hand drawn figures wearing RCAF uniforms accompanied by airplane, land military vehicles & communications equipment; cropped photographs of heads mounted on charicatures of bodies of 15 individuals