World War II: wounded Allied soldiers from the Anzio campaign being unloaded from an aeroplane at Capodichino airport, Naples. Wash drawing by Stacey Hopper, 1944.

  • Hopper, Stacey, 1909-1996.
Date:
1944
Reference:
584120i
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Description

Wounded Allied troops flown in from the Anzio campaign were flown to Capodichino airport, Naples, where the Red Cross supplied warm drinks, clean blankets and a cheerful word before being taken by waiting ambulances to the most suitable hospitals--information from label by the artist for exhibition at Ealing local history library, 1995

Publication/Creation

1944.

Physical description

1 drawing : grey wash ; sheet 20.2 x 30.9 cm

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Unloading plane at British Air Evacuation Centre. Hopper

Reference

Wellcome Collection 584120i

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