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Adjusting rockets on jets, 77 Squadron, Korea
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an Australian ground crew from the 77 Squadron loading rockets onto a Meteor jet on a runway in Korea, during the Korean War . The work has a pen and ink study, 'Loading rockets, 77 Squadron, ...ART40325
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Airstrip Dunkerque
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Depicts the temporary airstrip on the beach at Dunkerque containing a fence and barbed wire which stretches out along the beach Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by...ART94189
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American B-52 bombers returning from, and arming for sorties into Afghanistan, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
American B-52 bombers parked on the runway. Peter Churcher recalled, "Whenever I caught the bus to Tent City I would pass the main American flight line where all the B-52 bombers were making sorties i...ART91775
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Arrival of Gloucesters in Royal Aircraft, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, when Governor-General of Australia made constant flights from State to State during the war period, invariably accompanied by H.R.H the Duchess of Gloucester. Their retu...ART25591
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August 20 (first day)
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
View of the mountains from the flightline at Bagram airbase, Afghanistan. Apache helicopter in foreground. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts ProgramART92409
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Australian flying squadron aerodrome, near Villers-Bocage
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts an RE8 aircraft standing near a group of tents at Villers-Bocage in France. One aircraft is seen in the right foreground, another at the left distance and one in the air. Arthur Streeton is be...ART03526
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Blackhawk taking off (Qatar-as Sayliyah)
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Maker: Miller, Lewis
A Blackhawk helicopter taking off from the airbase at Qatar-as Sayliyah.ART92245
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Bombing up Beauforts for daylight raids over New Britain
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Bombing up Beauforts for daylight raids over New Britain. These were the largest raids carried out by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at this time. Targets were Cape Hoskins, Dampier, Gasmata et...ART22272
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Contact Port Outer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a Halifax Bomber taxiing on the runway.ART25691
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Control tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts three figures in air control tower; one standing with signalling apparatus to eye, another seated watching, and a third, female, partly obscured, on telephone. Numerous aircraft on the tarmac ...ART28150
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Control tower, Laloki Drome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene at Laloki Drome in Port Moresby. Dargie noted, "A peculiar native structure from which aircraft landing and taking off took their instructions. During an air raid, a large red flag was flown".ART23905
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Dawn landing, Garbutt, Townsville
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A lighted airstrip and aircraft landing at dawn, Garbutt Airfield, Townsville. Hills dominate the background.ART28373.010
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Dawn landing, Garbutt, Townsville
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Lighted airstrip and aircraft landing at dawn, Garbutt Airfield, Townsville. Hills dominate the background.ART28373.011
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Dawn landing, Townsville
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Lighted airstrip and aircraft landing at dawn, Garbutt Airfield, Townsville. Hills dominate the background.ART28373.009
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Dinah - wrecked Japanese bomber
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a wrecked Japanese bomber on the air strip at Labuan, Borneo. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was sele...ART22177
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Duntroon landscape
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Showing military exercises on the hill and Parade Ground. The old station homestead is seen on the extreme right. In the background is Canberra's Fairbairn Airfield and the Molonglo River winding thro...ART21390
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Dusty at work on his B25, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
The figure of Douglas Green's friend Dusty, viewed from above, working on a B25 aircraft at the Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gif...ART92715
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Erecting poles for aeroplane hideouts, Pokolbin Aerodrome
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Soldiers erecting poles in order to make aeroplane hideouts at the Polkolbin Aerodome.ART30260
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Flight Testing
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Artwork features two Handley Page Halifaxes taxxing on an English airfield. A third is taking off in the background.ART23466
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Flying Fortresses (B17's) taking off at 0230 from 7-Mile Drome, Moresby to bomb Rabaul town and harbour
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Maker: Dargie, William
A night time scene of soldiers pictured standing in front of B17s taking off, with searchlights glowing up into the sky.ART22074
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Freyberg addressing the troops amid the olives
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Maker: Winters, Michael
General Bernard Freyberg VC, a First World War hero, arrived on Crete with other soldiers from the New Zealand Division to command the British and Greek forces on the island. Freyberg was determined t...ART92797
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General Macarthur at Mareeba Strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
Group of airforce troops surrounding General Macarthur, standing beside a grounded plane on Mareeba airstrip in the Atherton Tableland, North Queensland.ART26199
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'Gunship', Nui Dat, Vietnam
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
RAAF B model Iroquois helicopter sitting on the helipad, Nui Dat, Vietnam. The Iroquois helicopters were flown by 9 Squadron RAAF.ART40454
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Heliport, Dili: watching the video 'Ice runner'
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Australian soldiers relaxing at the heliport, Dili, East Timor.ART91184
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Hornet on flightline at night, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
A Hornet on the tarmac. Peter Churcher recalled, "I just wanted to do a painting of a Hornet. It was very hot on the flight path during the day and so I had to work at night. There is evidence of the ...ART91764
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Important aircraft
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Washing down the Governor-General's 4-engine "Endeavour" in the Royal Hangar at the Royal Australian Air Force airfield, Canberra. In the background is the old "Southern Cross" that had been spruced u...ART21383
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Iroquois helicopter, Nui Dat, 21 May 1967
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
B model Iroquois helicopter landed on helipad, Nui Dat, Vietnam on 21 May 1967.ART40452
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Japanese wreckage, Penfoei airstrip, Timor
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Maker: Thake, Eric
Thake shows Japanese prisoners of war clearing up the wreckage of their own planes at the air strip in Penfoei, Timor. This work is typical of Eric Thake, whose paintings and drawings are finely craf...ART26972
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Knocking off time at an aerodrome, Bankstown
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Maker: Dobell, William
A group of men from the Civil Construction Corps leaving the airfield in Bankstown. Some of them are travelling in a truck, others are on foot or are riding bicycles. Dobell has captured the mass move...ART30247
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Laying a flare path
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
In this work, Warner shows training conditions at night and the manual preparations undertaken. Two men place fire flares along a tarmac as an aircraft comes into land at the No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery...ART24164
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Long range patrol vehicle (LRPV), Al Asad Airfield W1Z; verso: Two soldiers standing next to armoured vehicle, Al Asad airfield, Iraq
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Maker: Miller, Lewis
An Australian soldier driving an armoured vehicle at Al Asad airfield, W1Z. verso: Two Australian soldiers standing next to an armoured vehicle. Lewis Miller was appointed official war artist in April...ART92015
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Male Signaller, Control Tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts head and shoulders of man in profile holding signalling lamp up to eye. The artist made this sketch in the control tower at Canberra airfield.ART28132
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Mixed nationalities on Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a Javanese airman, Corporal Djadi, and Sergeant Major Weertman from Zwolle, a member of the Dutch air force, checking over and servicing an American Curtiss p-40 Kittyhawk aeroplane at the RAA...ART21386
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Noggies sweeping strip, Kimpo
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
South Korean workmen sweeping runways at the Kimpo airfield. The airstrip is covered with Marsden Matting, a Perforated Steel Plating (known as PSP) . The PSP forms a hard surface for the aircraft to ...ART40356
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Noggy sweepers waiting, Kimpo airstrip
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
South Korean workmen sitting on the heads of their heavy yard brooms, waiting to sweep the Kimpo airstrip. The airstrip is covered with Marsden Matting, a Perforated Steel Plating (known as PSP) . The...ART40358
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Pilot mechanic; Dawn flight; verso: Game of draughts prior to flight; Coffee before Flights
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Fiftieth page of artist's sketchbook with two drawings. The upper drawing ' Pilot mechanic' depicts the figure of a mechanic looking into the cockpit of a plane. The lower drawing 'Dawn flight ' depic...ART90321.029
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Pilots arriving for early morning gaggle, Italy
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicts a group of three unidentified pilots No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), leaving a truck near the North American P-51 Mustang fighters for an early morning 'gaggle'. 'Gaggle' is ...ART24344
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RAAF Caribou, Vung Tau, Vietnam
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Maker: McFadyen, Ken
An RAAF Caribou aircraft standing in the hangar on the airfield at Vung Tau, Vietnam.ART40627
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RAAF Kittyhawks arrive at the Admiraltys
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Maker: Moore, Alan
No. 76 Squadron ground crews watch the first Kittyhawks to arrive at the Admiralty Islands.ART25462
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RAAF Repair and Salvage unit
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Maker: Moore, Alan
This depicts the workshop and temporary shelter at the Vivigani airfield, Goodenough Island, New Guinea. The hangar was used by 26 Repair and Salvage Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and the l...ART23566
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Return of the Meteor jets, Kimpo, Korea
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
In the capacity of official war artist in Korea, Ivor Hele was 'requested to paint the men and machines of 77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force at Kimpo. These are Meteor jets of 77 Squadron after ...ART40304
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Scene on Laloki Drome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene on Laloki Drome, a B17 circles to land, New Guinea.ART23642
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Sleeping soldier, heliport, Dili
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Maker: Amor, Rick
Depicts a figure of a soldier sleeping on a camp stretcher at the heliport in Dili, East Timor. `The heliport is on the site of Dili's old airport, used by the Japanese in the Second World War. A new ...ART91112
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Spitfire pilots watch an emergency landing
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Air crew watch an emergency landing, Italy. In the foreground to the right is the tail of a Douglas A-20 Boston bomber, while in the midground are Supermarine Spitfire fighters. Both from a RAF squadr...ART24351
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Take-off at Duc Thanh; verso: Hut
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
An Iroquois helicopter, with tail tipped upwards to increase the downward thrust, taking off from Duc Thanh helipad. Caught in the wave of dust created by the departing helicopter, a group of figures ...ART40463
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Tent life, Heliport, Dili
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Maker: Amor, Rick
Figure of an Australian soldier, seen from behind, sitting in an army tent at Heliport, the helicopter airfield, Dili, East Timor. 'The heliport is on the site of Dili's old airport, used by the Japan...ART91052
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The Battle of Retimo
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
This painting depicts the Battle of Retimo in Crete. A large part of the Allied force evacuated from Greece at the end of April 1941 was disembarked on Crete in order that the ships could return quick...ART27776
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The colonel, Suai airstrip
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Maker: Amor, Rick
Depicts the figure of a colonel standing in right profile wearing large backpack and camouflaged uniform at Suai airstrip, East Timor. Rick Amor was appointed official artist, East Timor, in 1999 and ...ART91113
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The flightline at Bagram airbase
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
View of the mountains looking east from the flightline at Bagram air-base, Afghanistan. Three Apache helicopters in foreground. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts ProgramART92408
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The pay line, RAAF Airfield, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a line of men and women queued in front of window in hangar. Water colour used in all blue tones.ART28138
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Two wrecked Japanese planes
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
After the capture of Lae in September 1943, allied forces repaired the bomb damaged airfield located in the centre of the city. Mainwaring depicts two Japanese aircraft pushed off the edge of the stri...ART21226
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Warrant Officer Noel Tinning, Medical Adviser, Vung Tau, 5 April 1967
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Portrait of Warrant Officer Noel Edward Tinning BEM, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), medical adviser to Army of Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), Vung Tau, Vietnam, 5 April 1967. Fletcher des...ART40441
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Winter storms over Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Netherlands East Indies Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force personnel employed on servicing a squadron of Mitchell bombers of the Dutch Air Force, make for shelter at the end of the day.ART21384
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Zero, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft, known generally as 'Zero', on the Lake Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. The aircraft depicted is not actually the more well known Navy 'Zero' but a Imperi...ART92701
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Zero, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea; verso: Study for 'Zero, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea'
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Japanese army aircraft, known generally as "Zero", on the Lake Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. It is a Nakajima Ki-43 bomber known as "Oscar". The fuselage in the background appears to be...ART92716