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" Misty Mission " a commissioned work for a book.
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"Misty Mission"
Neil Aird © 2003
The 243rd and 230th de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver utility aircraft
from the Downsview production line,
United States Army tail numbers 51-6789 and 51-6783,
break formation and head in different directions
in the early morning sunlight
over South Korea in 1952.
Acrylic on canvas 24" x 18"
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This painting was commissioned for a book
" Canadian Airmen and Airwomen in the Korean War"
by Carl Mills.
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This painting has since been donated to
Toronto Aerospace Museum, Downsview,
and proudly hdisplayed in the very hangar
where the Beavers were actually assembled !
Note: The Museum was forced to vacate the historic property, and items are now in storage awaiting a new venue at Toronto International Airport.
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A comment was received from a retired Army aviator in the southern United States, made my efforts worthwhile, after all this scene was from my imagination!
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Dear Neil:
Greetings and thank you for the message. Congratulations are in order for the beautifully done painting and the fact that it will be displayed in a place of honor at the Toronto Aerospace Museum. In my opinion, you captured the right feeling and it brought back memories of years past,when I was young, flying the US Army L-20 Beaver in "The Land of the Morning Calm", years 1951 to 1952.
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Warm regards. Colonel(R) Carlos E. Urrutia
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