" Misty Mission " a commissioned work  for a book.

"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"

• This painting was commissioned for a book  " Canadian Airmen and Airwomen in the Korean War"  by Carl Mills, to be published in 2004. • This painting has since been donated to Toronto Aerospace Museum, Downsview, and now hangs in the hangar where the Beavers were actually assembled ! •

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! >> 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.   >>> Warm regards.   Colonel(R) Carlos E. Urrutia