3.7" HAA gun at moment of full recoil
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/descr3429
- Fonds / Collection
- Rupert Harrison photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- photograph
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1943]
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the 28th A/A Battery (Type 2H) RCA CA standing by the 3.7 " Heavy Artillery Aircraft Gun. The gun is at full recoil after the shell had exploded. The photograph is accompanied by a brief history of the 21st A/A Battery (Type 2H) RCA CA and short biographies of its…
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Fonds / Collection
- Rupert Harrison photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Date
- [ca. 1943]
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the 28th A/A Battery (Type 2H) RCA CA standing by the 3.7 " Heavy Artillery Aircraft Gun. The gun is at full recoil after the shell had exploded. The photograph is accompanied by a brief history of the 21st A/A Battery (Type 2H) RCA CA and short biographies of its officers.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 24 x 19 cm
- 8 p.
- Reference Code
- CA BWVA C030-S01-IT1211
- Item Number
- 1211.WVA.RAH
- Accession Number
- 2000-028
- Notes
- Title based on the contents of the image.
- Item is a copy stand reproduction of an original loaned to Rupert Harrison.
- Annotation on verso: "3.7" HAA gun at moment of full recoil after shell has exploded, note extreme (maximum) firing angle and faces of gun crew registering the noice and feeling from sound of firing.
- The 21st Battery later became the 211th Battery, 43rd MAA Regiment, RCA.
- The author of this document is unknown.
- Copyright / Terms of Use
- Public domain. No restrictions on access or reproduction.
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Other Reference Number
- 1215.WVA.RAH
- Other Formats
- Photograph is available as a TIF (40 MB).
- Accompanying document is available as a PDF (0.7 MB).