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Artillery Lieutenant (Lieutenant Graham)
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Graham, RAA, who served in Crete and Syria, where he was wounded.ART21490
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Catalina taking off
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Consolidated Catalina flying boat taking off on a patrol which may mean twenty hours or more in the air over enemy territory. In a letter to Lieutenant Colonel John Treloar - Officer in Charge of the...ART22339
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Compass Platform, HMAS "Moresby"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
This painting shows Lieutenant-Commander Brown, RAN, and two of his officers on the fore-bridge or compass platform. From here the ship is commanded and navigated, orders are given to gun crews and en...ART23441
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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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Crew bail out!
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A chaotic scene inside a burning bomber captures crew members as they attempt escape. In this work Adams draws on his own experience of a crash landing: "The aircraft rolled completely over as it cras...ART25693
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High Pressure Turbine, Sydney
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A sailor working on the high pressure turbine in a ship's engine room, Sydney.ART26551
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Night Prang
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Three figures run for cover as flames erupt from a crashing aircraft. The artist refers to making this painting in direct response to his experience of being in a plane crash in correspondence to the ...ART26046
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Seaplane, Sikorsky Kingfisher, and RAN cruisers
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts Sikorsky-Kingfisher float-plane flying over HMAS 'Australia'. This work was started during the two weeks that Adams was in Richmond and Rathmines and was later finished in Sydney.ART26928
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Seaward patrol, Catalina flying boat
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The pilot and co-pilot are at the controls in the big cabin of a Catalina flying boat. Overhead one of the 1,200 horse power motors is turning the airscrew into a flicking disc.ART22336
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Ship bearing red ten
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Wooden sculpture of a seaman at the helm. Ship bearing red ten was commissioned in 1967, at the suggestion of the sculptor, for the new extensions to the main building at the Australian War Memorial....ART27624
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Squadron Leader Frederick Burton at the controls of an Anson
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Squadron Leader Frederick Elgar Burton DFC, was an RAAF pilot who come to Australia on special duties. He won the DFC for being the first man to shoot down a German aircraft. The drawing shows Burton ...ART21528
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Starting up, 'Boston' attack bomber
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the engine on a Boston bomber starting up from the 22 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.ART22337
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The Bomb Aimer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The bomb aimer is poised, ready to make his target during a nighttime raid. This subject fascinated Adams, his work often features pilots engaged in the act of their service.ART25692
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The Quartermaster, HMAS Warrego
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Quartermaster of the "Warrego" at the wheel, while in the chart room behind him, the officer of the watch checks the chart.ART22363
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The Second Day
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Two air crew wearing 'Mae West' life jackets in a two-man inflatable life raft at sea.ART22190
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The Tail Gunner
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
External view of tail gunner in rear turret of Handley Page Halifax bomber. This is a Boulton Paul Type E turret with four 0.303 inch machine guns. This work is part of a series by Adams that explores...ART25694
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War Correspondent
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of Melbourne Pratt, War Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald, typing a despatch to his paper one evening at the Public Relations cottage at Port Moresby.ART21503