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Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy
An airman from the Second World War wearing full flying kit, (flying suit and helmet) and carrying his parachute over his shoulder.ART40978
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Airmen and gear (Flying Officer Skinner and Flying Officer Harold Rowell)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts Flying Officer Skinner and 406958 Flying Officer Harold M Rowell, both of No 22 Squadron RAAF, preparing for air attack, May 1943 at Ward's Drome.ART21709
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Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to ...
Photograph
Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Lord Wakehurst (standing, centre), Governor of New South Wal...018326
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE ...
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE NEAR THE ALEXISHAFEN NO.1 AIRSTRIP. TWO SIMILAR BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED SUSPENDED FROM TREES IN THE AREA. TH...073137
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A local man and his son watch Private (Pte) G. Wheeler and Pte K. Wilson, Members of Headquarters ...
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A local man and his son watch Private (Pte) G. Wheeler and Pte K. Wilson, Members of Headquarters Supply Depot Company. The two men are fastening a parachute on top of a "Storpedo" after Australian Co...093974
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE ...
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE FIELD TROOPS WERE THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, COMMANDED BY BRIGADIER D. A. WHITEHEAD DSO MC, TH...052989
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A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH. (PHOTOGRAPHER C. BOTTOMLEY)002297
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A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH. (PHOTOGRAPHER C. BOTTOMLEY)002297/01
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ARCHERFIELD, QLD? C.1941. PROBABLY AERO DELIVERY TRIALS USING PARACHUTE STORES. (ORIGINAL HOUSED ...
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ARCHERFIELD, QLD? C.1941. PROBABLY AERO DELIVERY TRIALS USING PARACHUTE STORES. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.007
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Arisaka Type 2 Parachutist's Rifle
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Arisaka Type 2 Parachutist's bolt action take down. A locking key with a D ring goes through the receiver and engages a slot in the barrel. The receiver top is marked with a chrysanthemum that has bee...REL/08456.001
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A smiling Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes, DSO, DFC, with his leg in plaster. ...
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A smiling Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes, DSO, DFC, with his leg in plaster. On 25 May 1941, while attacking a Ju-88, his engine was set on fire, and he was forced to 'take the si...P02541.015
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ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD. 1943-07-02. PORTRAIT OF COLONEL HENSLER, 503RD UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ...
Photograph
Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith
ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD. 1943-07-02. PORTRAIT OF COLONEL HENSLER, 503RD UNITED STATES PARACHUTE UNIT.053736
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE OF THE VAN ...
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE OF THE VAN HEUTSZ, KPM LINE, AS A US ARMY GUNNER FIRES HIS .50 INCH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN AT A PARACHUTE ...088459
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. PRIVATE R.H. GANTT, A US ARMY ...
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. PRIVATE R.H. GANTT, A US ARMY GUNNER ABOARD THE VAN HEUTSZ FIRES HIS .50 INCH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN AT A PARACHUTE TARGET HANGIN...088458
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ATTENTION TO PARACHUTES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHASES OF FLYING OPERATIONS AND THE NUMBER ...
Photograph
Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
ATTENTION TO PARACHUTES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHASES OF FLYING OPERATIONS AND THE NUMBER OF PILOTS WHO OWE THEIR LIVES TO PARACHUTES IS INCALCULABLE. MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. STATIONED AT A MA...013529
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DROPPING BY PARACHUTE STORES FROM A CAC WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (A20-206). (ORIGINAL ...
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DROPPING BY PARACHUTE STORES FROM A CAC WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (A20-206). (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.008
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DUMMY PARACHUTE DROP FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE ...
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DUMMY PARACHUTE DROP FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.017
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. PARACHUTE DROP IN A DUMMY PRACTICE FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (OUT OF SIGHT). ...
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. PARACHUTE DROP IN A DUMMY PRACTICE FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (OUT OF SIGHT). (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.016
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BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-19. TROOPS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON RECOVERING SUPPLIES ...
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BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-19. TROOPS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON RECOVERING SUPPLIES DROPPED FROM A BEAUFORT BOMBER OF 100 SQUADRON, RAAF. COLOURED PARACHUTES ARE USED TO ASSIST THE LOCATION OF ...083410
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. PARACHUTES CARRYING FRESH MEAT FOR THE TROOPS OF THE ...
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. PARACHUTES CARRYING FRESH MEAT FOR THE TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION FLOATING DOWN ON THE DROPPING AREA AFTER BEING DROPPED FROM A RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAK...079450