28 August 1942. Vickers Wellington Mk.III DF665 (VR-Q) of 419 Squadron (RCAF), took off for a mission to Saarbrucken in Germany from Topcliffe. It did not return.

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Walt Disney's animated adaptation of "Bambi" was released in 1942. Here is some of the beautiful concept art created by Tyrus Wong.

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Rachel Szalit-Marcus, born in Lithuania in 1888, grew up in Lodz, then moved to Munich to study art. She was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942. These illustrations are from Fischke der Krumme by Mendele Moykher Sforim (Berlin, 1922)
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12 August 1942. Operation Pedestal, a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta. Art by Mark Postlethwaite.

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Aircraft Production: Girls working on wings, by Leslie Cole (1910-76), 1942.

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“What a long strange trip it's been.”

🎤 American rock and bluegrass guitarist, singer-songwriter (#GratefulDead), and painter, was 1 August 1942.

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La penitencia y la devoción plasmados en este óleo de Carlos Orozco Romero titulado “La Manda”, 1942. Esta pintura con elementos surrealistas muy posiblemente está inspirada en los penitentes que visitan la Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos Noten el nopal en el pecho.

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Muy posiblemente esta fotografía inspiró al pintor Carlos Orozco a realizar esta magnífica obra titulada “La Manda” de 1942. Se encuentra en el Museo de Arte Moderno.

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18 July 1942. First jet engine flight of the Me262 Schwalbe ("Swallow"). World's first operational jet-powered fighter. Chief Test Pilot Fritz Wendel with the Messerschmitt Me 262 V3 prototype, PC+UC.

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Summertime. Charles Courtney Curran (American) 1861 - 1942. Blue and Gold, 1929. Charles Courtney Curran (American) 1861 - 1942, "Summer", 1906George Clausen (British) 1852 - 1944. Evening Song, 1893. Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czech painter) 1860 - 1939, "Summer"

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Summertime. John Newton Howitt (American painter) 1885 - 1958, Relaxing under a Tree. Charles Courtney Curran (American) 1861 - 1942. Summer Clouds, 1917. Winslow Homer (American) 1836 - 1910. Summer Night, 1890. Charles Courtney Curran (American) 1861 - 1942
High Country, 1917

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10 July 1942. First flight of the Douglas XA-26 Invader prototype (AAC Ser. No. 41-19504) at Mines Field, El Segundo, with test pilot Benny Howard at the controls. American twin-engine light attack bomber.

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