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KNIGHT, CLAYTON. 1891-1969. An original mixed media drawing of the Convair B-36A, late 1940s,
An original mixed media drawing of the Convair B-36A, late 1940s,

6 – 13 December 2018, 10:00 EST
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KNIGHT, CLAYTON. 1891-1969. An original mixed media drawing of the Convair B-36A, late 1940s,

An original mixed media drawing of the Convair B-36A, late 1940s, 290 x 415 mm, signed in pencil lower right "Clayton Knight," matted and framed.

Clayton Knight, Hilary Knight's father, was one of the great aviation artists of the 20th century. According to aviation historian, Peter Kildare, the drawing portrays the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation's first production model of the B-36A "Peacemaker" long-range bomber. B-36s were the biggest aircraft ever used by the U.S. Air Force and were operational from 1949 to 1959. B-36s were so big, they were nick-named "the aluminum overcast." Developed during World War II in the event the USA had to bomb overseas military targets from bases in North America, the B-36 series eventually served the post-war Strategic Air Command (SAC). The B-36A seen here was one of 22 such aircraft powered by six rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney 3,500-horsepower R-4360-25 propeller-driven engines. Later versions of the B-36 were additionally fitted with two underwing pods each bearing two General Electric J47-GE-19 axial-flow turbojet engines. Hilary Knight adds, "His work during the 1940's centered on visual accounts of events including the historic shipboard signing of the Japanese surrender aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay. At the same time, I was in the Navy, stationed in Tokyo Bay, as head of the paint shop, and my father and I were able to spend the momentous occasion of the end of the war together."

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