BHC1550

Clear Flight Deck: On board an aircraft carrier Long Caption: As an official war artist, Bone spent some time in a variety of naval shipping during the Second World War, including aircraft carriers. This is the deck of an aircraft carrier, possibly the escort carrier HMS 'Pursuer', during the war. HMS 'Pursuer' played a vital part in guarding the Atlantic convoys. The painting has been taken from the bridge and shows aircraft on the flight deck with a number of sailors, preoccupied with the variety of tasks involved in aircraft taking off at sea. A pilot is shown on the companionway leading down from the bridge. The artist has thus portrayed the moment when three Grumman Wildcat fighters are about to take off to protect the convoy seen on the horizon. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: BHC1550 Artist: Stephen Bone Date: circa 1944 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 1022 mm x 765 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.