A Balloon Site, Coventry

A Balloon Site, Coventry

painting

Golle imaaɗe	1943
Location	Imperial War Museum London
Creator	Laura Knight
Collection	Imperial War Museum London
Inventory number	15503

 

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A Balloon Site, Coventry, Coventry ko nate nebam e dow mbaydi, ɗe naalanke Angalteer biyeteeɗo Laura Knight ƴetti e hitaande 1942. Ina hollita fedde yimɓe – ko ɓuri heewde e mum en ko rewɓe – ina ngolloo ngam werlaade ballon barrage to yaasi wuro Coventry, wuro gollordu to Midlands ngo Almaañ yani e mum e lewru noowammbar 1940, nde ko ina tolnoo e 10 000 bommbo ɓuuɓɗo werlaa e wuro ngoo..

Knight pentiino In for Repairs, ina hollita terɗe konu weeyo rewɓe (WAAF) ina peewna ballon barrage bonɗo, e fuɗɗoode hitaande 1942. Ministeer weeyo ina weltii heen no feewi haa ɓe naamndii mo yo o pentu WAAF e golle. Goomu wasiyaaji naalankooɓe wolde (WAAC) yamiri mo, o yoɓi 100 gine ngam golle ɗee, ɗe o waɗnoo e lewru sulyee e ut 1942. Nokku ballondiral hollitaama e koolol dabbunde Akademi Laamɗo 1943, wondude e Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech943-).

Ɓawo

Terɗe konu aeroportu balloowo rewɓe ina njirloo e ballon kite to nokku coftal ɓalli.

Gila lewru marse 1939, Coventry ina reeni ballooji barrage ; wuro ngoo wonnoo ko nokku njulaagu, ina waɗi kadi usineeji diwooje e saraaji mum. Ballooji ɗii ina keewi hidrogen, ina mbaɗee e nokkuuji tabitɗi, walla ina njuɓɓinee ngam waɗde heen geɗe dillooje. Ɗe ndartinaa ko e kaɓirɗe njamndi ɗe doole bommbooji ɗii njippii e tooweeki ɓurtuki ko ɓe njiɗnoo. Ko noon bommbooji ɗii ustiri laaɓtude, kadi laanaaji diwooje ɗii ɓuri waawde dañde ko njiylotoɗen e leydi.[1][2][3] Reende ndee wonaano ko ŋakki, e, ñalnde 14 noowammbar 1940 Coventry wonnoo ko e njillu bommbooji Almaañ nde ko ina tolnoo e 10 000 bommbooji ɓuuɓɗi mberlaa e wuro ngoo. Gila lewru abriil 1941 rewɓe ina kuutoree ngam golloraade balle, ekipaaji rewɓe sappo e nayo lomtii worɓe sappo waɗnooɓe ɗum ko adii.

Tariya

E nder wolde adunaare ɗimmere laamu Angalteer sosi Goomu toppitiingu naalankooɓe wolde (WAAC) e gardagol Sir Kenneth Clark, gardinooɗo Galle ngenndiijo. Goomu nguu ko "waɗde doggol naalankooɓe waawɓe winndude hare ndee e nder leydi ndii e caggal leydi".[5] Gooto e yamiraaɓe e sahaaji keewɗi ko pentoowo Angalteer biyeteeɗo Laura Knight, pentoowo laamu Kanadaa e wolde adunaare adannde.[6] E fuɗɗoode hitaande 1942 o waɗii nataluuji nay ngam WAAF ; ko ɓuri joofde ko In for Repairs, holliroowo terɗe fedde toppitiinde konu weeyo rewɓe (WAAF) ina peewna ballon barrage bonɗo. Ministeer weeyo ina weltii e natal ngal e mbaawka mum wallitde e ƴettude yimɓe. Ministeer oo naamndii WAAF so tawii Knight ina waawi yamireede kadi,[7] e, e lewru oktoobar 1941, o heɓi ɗaɓɓaande ummoraade e Mr Dickey, Sekereteer WAAC, ngam pentude terɗe konu weeyo ballitoowo rewɓe jooɗiiɗo to RAF Wythall—gardiiɗo diiwaan oo ko RAF milloon milloon) ummoraade Birmingham. O golliima e pecce ɗee e lewru Siilo e lewru Ut 1942,[8] o yoɓaama 100 gine ngam golle ɗee.[9]

Nokku ballon hollitaama e koolol dumunna 1943 to Akademi Laamɗo, hono no Ruby Loftus ina ƴakka ŋoral Breech, pentol ngol Knight timmini jooni. Golle ɗee fof njaɓɓaama no feewi.[8] Haa hitaande 2026, natal ngal woni ko e suudu defte hare laamɗo.[1]

Fawnugo

Nokku Ballon ko nate nebam e dow canngaaki, fotde 102,5 e 127 santimeeteer (3,36 ft × 4,17 ft). Ina hollita udditgol ballon barrage to bannge rewo wuro Coventry. E nder distance hakkundeere ina waɗi mahaaɗe keewɗe bonɗe,[10] e feccere e mborosaaji Coventry kollitooji e caggal.[9] E nder yeeso pelle ɗiɗi ina ngolloo e udditde ballon. Fedde nde woni yeeso ndee—ina waɗi rewɓe tato e gorko gooto—ina ngondi e gardagol Jean Brydon, sarwiis debbo. Fedde ɗimmere ina hollira e bannge woɗɗuɗo ballon..

E wiyde daartiyankooɓe naalankaagal biyeteeɗo Teresa Grimes, Judith Collins e Oriana Baddeley, A Balloon Site e In For Repairs "ko ko yowitii e golle, ko yowitii e golle, jokkondire e ƴellitgol golle ɗe fedde ndee waɗi ko huunde tiiɗnde e nder njuɓɓudi mum en".[13]