Rocket-firing Typhoons at the Falaise Gap, Normandy, 1944

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Object description

image: several rocket-firing Typhoons fly above a scene of devastation, with a number of damaged German tanks and vehicles littering the side of a country road. There are a number of buildings of a village behind the road and all is set against a large cloud of black smoke.

History note

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WOOTTON FALAISE 18-8-1944

Object details

Category

Art

Creator

Wootton, Frank

Production date

1944

Materials

Support: canvas

medium: oil

Dimensions

Support: Height 1054 mm, Width 1511 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART LD 4756

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