painting
Item
Title
painting
Description
small painting of David Burke painted on white glass painitng at first appears to be a hand coloured photograph, but on closer inspection, the image is painted onto the surface of the white glass. (posibly called reverse glass painting)
Identifier
009.142.002
Format
Provenance
Pilot Officer David Warnock Burke from Hamilton, ON was killed in action on March 31, 1944 age 25 and was part of 640 Squadron. Halifax aircraft #LW 500 was shot down by a German flak ship off Dieppe, France during a mission over Nuremburg Germany. Six RAF members of the crew were also killed. This was P/O Burke's fourth operation and his was one of 108 allied aircraft lost that night.
Abstract
Excellent
Date Created
unknown