New
Painting for the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
On
30 March 2005, the 14 Wing Commander, Col P.R. Matte, accepted a new
painting for the Museum. Artist Capt. Rob Arsenault produced, and
donated his painting of a Canso aircraft conducting a search and rescue
mission in the Arctic. The painting is on display in the Museum.
Unveiling of painting by Capt. Rob Arsenault and
Col PR Matte.
Artist
Capt. Rob Arsenault (14 SES) captures the moment when a Canso from 103
Rescue Unit (RU) locates a missing native hunter on the ice in the Arctic.
A scene reminiscent of a typical search and rescue mission conducted by
Greenwood Canso crews during the 1950s. 103 Search and Rescue Flight was
formed in Dartmouth N.S. on 1 April 1947.The Flight was moved to Greenwood
in October 1947 and became the first operational unit at the re-activated
RCAF Station Greenwood. In 1950 the Flight was renamed 103 Rescue Unit
(RU) and served at Greenwood until 1968.
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