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The Drop, 1944 (oil on panel)

IMAGE number
IWM3737937
Image title
The Drop, 1944 (oil on panel)
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Artist
Richards, Albert (1919-45) / English
Location
Imperial War Museum, London, UK
Medium
oil on panel
Date
1944 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
54.9x75.2 cms
Image description

An aerial view of a sky filled with soldiers probably flown over from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, parachuting down into fields below. The planes from which they have jumped fly off to the top right hand corner of the composition, and the sun sets across the sky in the background.

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© Imperial War Museums / Bridgeman Images
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plane / aircraft / transport / Normandy landings / Second World War (1939-1945) / war / landing operation (military) / aeroplanes / soldier / landing / warfare / landscape / rural / military exercise / parachute regiment 8th battalion / paratroopers / airplanes / land / british army / paratrooper / military / allied invasion / paratroops / falling / airborne forces / 6th airborne division / parachutes / dropping / aircraft / parachute regiment 9th battalion / planes / countryside / world war ii / canadian army / british army 1939-1945 / plane / military personnel / aerial / war art / parachute / parachutist / soldiers / military history / aeroplane / fall / 3rd parachute brigade / war / operation overlord / second world war / painting / canopy / ww2 / wwii / Painting / Mzpainting
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Medium 1024 × 755 px 87 × 64 mm 1.2 MB

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