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Airman (pattern)
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Maker: Ewers, Ray
Figure of an airman in uniform, carrying a parachute. This sculpture was created as a souvenir for sale through the Australian War Memorial. There is a large scale version of this sculpture in the N...ART90972
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American bomber pilots
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Two American bomber pilots are depicted playing cards and smoking on board a flight to Darwin.ART27891
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American pilot
Art
Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of an American Pilot on board a Douglas Dakota DC3 aircraft, with the interior of the cabin shown in some detail behind him.ART27901
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Americans and Aborigines
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Originally titled 'Australian Aborigines rescue shot down U.S. pilot'. Depicts the story associated with the rescue of 2nd Lieutenant Clarence T Johnson, 7th Squadron, 49th Fighter group, USA. On 15 J...ART22732
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"Attack!" Pilot of a Sikorsky "Kingfisher"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The pilot in the cockpit canopy of Sikorsky-Kingfisher thrusts forward the control column and dives his aircraft.ART23395
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Australian Beaufighter in flight
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Maker: Ragless, Max
An Australian Beaufighter in flight. Seen from the air, far below the coastline and landscape are also visible.ART26035
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Awaiting the return of a flight from an OP
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene of members of the 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, standing and looking at they sky. Dargie noted, "Standing on a wrecked German plane, the Intelligence Officer of the Squadron scans t...ART23897
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Beaufighter Observer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified observer, part of interior of Beaufighter.ART23463
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Before Take Off
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Dean Stanton, an Australian RAAF pilot with the 37 Squadron RAF was painted by Adams getting some rest, hours before the night's bomber command operation in Serignola, Italy. He has pulled his leathe...ART22246
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Bomb Dive
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
'Bomb Dive' attempts to express the tense vibrant moment of an aircraft hurtling and screaming downward. It is a life-size composition. In the artist's words: "The suggestion of an aircraft cockpit is...ART27579
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Checking up on the R.T. of a Kittyhawk Fighter, before take-off
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Maker: Dargie, William
A pilot standing on a wing of a Kittyhawk plane, looking into and checking the cockpit. Dargie noted, "The pilots' life may depend on his R.T. It must be perfect before he leaves the ground, and the ...ART23896
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Clive Caldwell, Darwin
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of Flight Lieutenant Clive Caldwell (402107), RAAF, looking ahead as he stands leaning against a mantle piece. Behind him on the wall is a boar's head mounted on bamboo. Flight Lt Caldwell ...ART27969
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Clive Caldwell's Spitfire cockpit
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Maker: Baird, John
Cockpit study of Wing Commander Clive 'Killer' Caldwell's fighter plane, No. 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.ART27959
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Coat tailing, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Published in the Daily Telegraph the day after D-Day; British aircraft and flotilla are on the move. 'Coat-tailing' may refer to the British following the lead of the United States.ART94326
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Colour tests
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing was made at the Richmond Air Base. The title 'colour tests' indicates that the artist and camofleur, Frank Hinder, was testing colours on aircraft. Three men attend to the aircraft while ...ART29268
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Damaged Kittyhawk on Escarpment Drome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Damaged Kittyhawk on Escarpment Drome. This plane crashed landed upside down. The pilot walked away unhurt, Libya.ART22373
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De-Briefing
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
The procedures known as 'briefing' and 'de-briefing' were part of an airman's lot. Briefing occured shortly before an air operation - whether small or massive - when the participating crews were assem...ART26549
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[Dozing, sleeping and reading pilots in deck chairs, in a dispersal hut]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of figures; some sleeping, some dozing and other reading and reclining in deck chairs, in a dispersal hut, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WE...ART96375
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drawing for endpiece for Air service in the Middle East
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
An airman is shown climbing into (or out of) the cockpit of a single winged aircraft. he is wearing a flying suit with cap and headset.ARTI00777