Grey Nurse

by Colin Parker

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39.500 x 31.500 x 2.000 inches

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Grey Nurse

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Colin Parker

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Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-07-05. VICTOR IN AIR COMBAT: 403038 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) GILLIAN CAMPBELL OF POTTS POINT, NSW, PILOT OF NO. 457 (GREY NURSE SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, WHO SHARED WITH FLT LT SCRIMGEOUR OF ANNERLEY, QLD, THE FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN IN AERIAL COMBAT OVER BORNEO, ON 1945-06-20. FLT LT CAMPBELL FLEW FIGHTERS FOR THREE YEARS IN BRITAIN, MIDDLE EAST, SICILY AND ITALY. HE SCORED ONE HEINKEL DESTROYED AND THREE STUKAS DAMAGED.
All of the squadron’s Spitfires were painted with a shark’s mouth, giving them the nickname of the ‘Grey Nurse Squadron’. The Squadron had some notable characters including Pete Brothers, Clive ‘Killer’ Caldwell and Bruce Watson.

Initially formed in 1941 and based in Southern England under Sqn. Leader Pete Brothers, the Squadron flew missions over Nazi-occupied France, before being formed almost exclusively by Australian pilots and crew later transferring to Darwin as part of No.1 wing RAAF, seeing action in the South Pacific. Later moving to Morotai (Indonesia) and Labuan (Malaysia) it took part in operations against the Empire of Japan before being disbanded on November 7th 1945.

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