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Adjutant Major White
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Adjutant Major White, Adjutant to Squadrons 452, 458, 460.ART26229
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Astro Dome (Flight Lieutenant Jack Jewel)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Lieutenant Jack Jewel of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron was mentioned in despatches and further distinguished himself on 3 November 1942 having been awarded a D...ART25532
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At the Churchill Club, large and small worlds
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Maurice O'Sullivan, RAAF, with a large terrestrial globe, in a room overlooking part of an enclosed garden of the Churchill Club, London. The Churchill Club was established ...ART26269
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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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Bill Yates
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Maker: Coward, James
A portrait of Bill Yates which was made prior to the Second World War at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. In 1937, Yates was seconded to serve with the 66 Squadron in the Royal Air Force. Bill Yates was a C...ART28487.005
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Bits of Careless Talk Are Pieced Together by the Enemy
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan [WASHINTON] : OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1943 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
American Second World War poster depicting a hand wearing a Nazi ring piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. The last piece of the jigsaw is being placed, completing the message "Convoy sails for England /...ARTV02557
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Boer War - Last war - this war (Sapper Harold Knudsen)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Harold Ferdinand Knudsen (NX11833) served with the 2/1st Australian Forestry Company in Scotland during the Second World War. Note Knudsen is wearing ribbon bar indicating his previous service ...ART26227
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Books for Russia
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Poster promoting the 'Books for Russia' Russian War Relief campaign featuring a quote by Bennett Cerf, American writer and publisher. He co-founded Random House, and regularly made appearances on tele...ARTV05875
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Brigadier George Langley
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Brigadier George Furner Langley, DSO Head of Australian Red Cross in Britain, May 1944 - February 1946.ART26273
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Burial service, Aitape, New Guinea
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a scene of unidentified men gathered around grave site, other graves in area, possibly Padre Ronald Arthur Terrence O'Brien, Chaplain Fourth Class, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Mili...ART22150
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Captain Sir James Bisset
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Maker: Allcot, John
Portrait of Captain Sir James Gordon Partridge Bisset, Kt, CBE, Commodore of Cunard White Star Company Ltd. He commanded SS Queen Mary from 1942, (during the war it was a troop ship carrying 2 Austral...ART27770
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Chaplain Matthew Jones
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Matthew Kenneth Jones (NX70156), Senior Chaplain Church of England, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, 1942. Drawn in Changi POW Camp.ART26427
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County Squadron Leader S Richards
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 456 Squadron; Squadron Leader S P Richards, DFC, in charge B Flight No 456 Sqdn RAAFART26096
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Court-martial
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A court martial taking place in an RAF/RAAF court room in London. Ten figures are shown.ART25908
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Dakota Wireless Operator
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicting a wireless (radio) operator, W B Gordon, part of interior of Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft, wearing flak suit jacket, Down Ampney.ART23469
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D-Day, 0300 hours, interrogation hut, Warrant Officer George Lindenberg
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Inside a Nissen hut at 0300 on D-Day, an Australian Flight Officer of the British WAAF (Womens' Auxiliary Airforce) serves refreshments to an Australian pilot, Warrant Officer George Edward Maskell Li...ART26266
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Doc (Flight Lieutenant Shortridge)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron; Flight Lieutenant Shortleigh, Medical No 10 SqdnART26230
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Ex-POWs' first glimpse outside Germany for 5 years
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicts a group of unidentified British ex-prisoners-of-war as they glimpse of England for the first time in five years after being in prison camps in Germany. They are climbing out of a Douglas C-47 ...ART24378
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Flight Lieutenant Latham Carr Withall
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Maker: Coward, James
This portrait of Flight Lieutenant Latham Carr Whithall was made prior to the Second World War at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. At this time, Flight Lieutenant Whithall was a member of the No 19 Squadron ...ART28487.001
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Flight Sergeant Eric Barber
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Sergeant Eric Barber (5300) 456 Squadron, a member of the fighter command, who was awarded the British Empire Medal. This was published in the London Gazette on 1 January 1944 and the award was...ART25530
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Flight Sergeant Gordon Gatenby
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 456 Squadron; Flight Sergeant Gordon Francis Gatenby, No 456 Sqdn RAAFART26235
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Flight Sergeant Vincent Ratcliffe
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A portrait of Flight Sergeant Vincent Peter Ratcliffe, a pilot with the 456 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Vincent Peter Ratcliffe joined the RAAF in January 1941 and was posted after pilot tra...ART25538
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Flying Officer Francis Jackson, bomb aimer
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Francis G Jackson, DFC, bomb aimer, 460 Squadron, Bomber Command, RAAF, wearing C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask.ART26257
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Flying Officer Francis Jackson, bomb aimer
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Francis Jackson DFC wears a C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. The drawing is a study for the painting 'Bomber crew'. Born in Tamworth, New South Wales, Francis Gordon Ja...ART26256
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Flying Officer Hector Harrison, wireless navigator
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Hector Harrison, wireless (radio) operator, Bomber Command, wears C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. This is a study for the painting 'Bomber Crew'. Before the Second Wor...ART26252
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Flying Officer Marmion Carroll, navigator
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Marmion W Carroll, DFC, navigator, Bomber Command, 460 Squadron RAAF, wearing C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask.ART26251
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Flying Officer Ronald Neal, mid-upper gunner
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Ronald Neal, mid-upper gunner, Bomber Command, wears a C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. This is a study for the painting 'Bomber crew'. Ronald Neal worked as an engine ...ART26254
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Flying Officer Wynton Thorpe
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flying Officer Wynton Powell Thorpe, depicted here aged 22 served with the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron, he was the RAAF Liaison with United States 8th Air Force. On 13 ...ART23535
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Group Captain Dudley Forsyth
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Group Captain Dudley Forsyth, DFC, in front profile.ART26279
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Group Captain Hughie Edwards
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Group Captain Hughie Idwal Edwards, VC, DSO, DFC, Bomber Command, 105 Squadron RAF.ART26264
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Help England's new homeless
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Maker: Warins Unknown Printers Ltd
patriotism; poster depicting a woman holding a baby, ruined buildings beneath, appeals for aid for victims of air raids inARTV02263
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Hitler's Dream: The Invasion of England
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Maker: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd, Sydney Winsor & Co.
Australian Second World War map depicting the occasions in the past when foreign invasions on the United Kingdom have failed. This poster was produced to instill confidence in viewers, by emphasising ...ARTV02527
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"I made a pass" (American pilot P40E (Kittyhawk), Second Lieutenant John Landers and Flight Lieutenant Robert Dalkin, RAAF)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
United States Air Force, 9 Fighter Squadron, 49 Fighter Group, No 13 Recconnaissance Bomber Squadron; l-r: 2nd Lieutenant John D Landers (Ace), USAF, 260612 Flight Lieutenant Robert N Dalkin (later Gr...ART22734
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Incident in which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton [VC] lost his life
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Maker: Smith, David T.
This eerie scene depicts the final moments of Middleton's life. Despite the painting being based on a true story, Smith has evoked an unreal modernist seascape. The falling parachutes of the survivin...ART27538
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Indie moet vrij!... [Indie must be free..]
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Dutch Government James Haworth & Brother
This poster’s message translates to 'Indie must be free! Work and fight for it!' Designed by Pat Keely and published by the Dutch Government in exile in London. It was distributed in the liberated sou...ARTV10465
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Inside the hangar
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Maintenance by members of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command on the Short Sunderland flying boats stationed in Plymouth Harbour.ART22834
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John Aloysius Siebert
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri
Head and shoulders portrait of Flight Lieutenant John Aloysius Siebert DFC (service no.36155) wearing the flight uniform leather helmet with protective ear muffs and a fur lined jacket. Squadron lead...ART90982
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Launching the Sunderland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Air Force, Coastal Command ground crew launch a Short Sunderland flying boat by holding onto the tail of the aircraft as it goes into the Plymouth harbour.ART25528
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Lieutenant Austin Rule
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Austin Rule of the 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit, engineers unit. The 2nd Company based in Thornhill, Dryfenholme, Lockerbie were operating the wood mill to fell a...ART22313
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Lieutenant Edmond Russell
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
This portrait of Lieutenant Edmond Henry Cecil Russell (VX11769), 2nd Australian Forestry Unit, Royal Australia Engineers, was painted when the artist visited the AFU at Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. Prio...ART26231
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Maintenance [Corporal Henry (Blue) Rogers]
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Corporal Henry 'Blue' Rogers (NX14969), of the 2/1st Australian Forestry Company. This unit was based at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, when this work was painted.ART25529
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Mrs Boyd Moriatry, Commandant Red Cross Field Force, U.K.
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Maker: Marie, Desiree
Portrait depicting Barbara (Mrs Boyd) Moriarty, Commandant, Australian Red Cross Field Force in, (formerly Australian Comforts Fund, Middle East, 2nd Australian General Hospital (Red Cross), later 3rd...ART28178
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Night fighters
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Four airmen wearing dark glasses to preserve their night vision relax as they prepare for their mission. One airman lounges on an arm chair taking some liquid food and another on a table, three are we...ART25909
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Padre (Frederick Walter James Cottrell)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Padre Squadron Leader, Frederick Walter James Cottrell, Methodist chaplain, 460 Squadron.ART26228
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Padre Ronald O'Brien
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts Padre Ronald Arthur Terrence O'Brien, Chaplain Fourth Class, Church of England, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 6th Australian Division, wearing cassock, surplice and scarf; cross marking grave in ...ART21669
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Pilot Officer Hector Harrison, wireless operator
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Hector Harrison, wireless operator, 460 Squadron, Bomber Command, RAAF, wearing C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. This drawing is a study for the painting 'Bomber crew'.ART26260
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Pilot Officer James Clark
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri
Head and shoulders portrait of James Clark DFC AFC MID, service no. 402439. As Squadron Leader with 460 Squadron RAAF Clark was leading a force of eighteen Lancasters despatched by the Squadron on a...ART90949
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Pilot Officer Thomas Condon, radio observer
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Pilot Officer Thomas Condon, radio observer, seen in right profile, in service dress cap, and wearing RAAF battle dress uniform, smoking a pipe.ART25539
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Pilot Officer Thomas Lynch, rear gunner
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Pilot Officer Thomas Joseph Lynch, rear gunner of 460 Squadron, wearing C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. This is a study for the painting 'Bomber crew'. Pilot Officer Lynch, who was p...ART26258
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Pilot Officer Thomas Lynch, rear gunner
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Pilot Officer Thomas Joseph Lynch, rear gunner, 460 Squadron RAAF, wearing C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. The drawing is a study for the painting 'Bomber crew'. Pilot Officer Lynch,...ART26259
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RAAF raid on York
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A busy street scene with three RAAF servicemen walking along Kings Square away from the York Minster Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in Europe.ART25522
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Regular flying-boat services between Australia and England
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Maker: Unknown Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Unknown
QANTAS and Imperial Airways advertising poster. Starting in 1938 Qantas and Imperial (later British) Airways ran a thrice-weekly service from Sydney to Southampton, through Singapore, until the fall...ARTV05166
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Regular flying-boat services between Australia and England
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
QANTAS and Imperial Airways advertising poster. Starting in 1938 Qantas and Imperial (later British) Airways ran a thrice-weekly service from Sydney to Southampton, through Singapore, until the fall o...ARTV05164
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Remains of a flying bomb
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Remains of a German V-1 'doodlebug' flying bomb on the ground. These look somewhat like a destroyed human figure or metamorphosis of a figure. The new plants suggest regeneration, renewal and hope.ART26267
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Richard (Dick) Power
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Maker: Coward, James
A portrait of Richard M 'Dick' Power, 66 Sqdn RAF, a graduate from Duxford who joined the RAF No 66 Squadron and participated in the Battle of Britain.ART28487.003
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Sapper Francis Deering
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Francis Thomas Deering, VX13429, 2nd Coy AFU, engineers units, 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit. When this portrait was painted by Colahan, Sapper Deering was based at Thornhill, Dumfriessh...ART26232
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Sapper Jack Garrig
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Jack Garrig was an engineer who worked in the 2nd Coy Australian Forestry Unit based at Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.ART25531
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Sapper Jack White
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Jack White of 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit, Engineers Unit which was based at the Thornhill mill site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.ART25534
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Sergeant D G Champkin, flight engineer
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Sergeant D G Champkin, flight engineer, Bomber Command, 460 Squadron RAAF, wearing C-type flying helmet and oxygen mask. This is a study for the painting 'Bomber crew'.ART26253
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Sergeant Noel Bass
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Sergeant Noel Gordon Bass, RAAF. The portrait was started on 27 August 1942 and was never completed because Sergeant Bass never returned that night from an air raid over Kassel, Germany wi...ART25540
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Sergeant R Gray
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri
Sergeant R Gray, with Thompson M19 28 A1 submachine gunART26880
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Squadron Leader Bruce Rose
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Maker: Hawkins, Sheila
Unfinished portrait of Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander) Bruce Rose (270), DFC, No. 248 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the Second World War, Sheila Hawkins worked in the Public ...ART35183
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Squadron Leader Charles Bailey
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Squadron Leader Charles William Bailey who served with the RAAF in the 6 Squadron and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross on 10 May 1945 by the Governor General of Australia for Gallantry in flyi...ART26127
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Squadron Leader David Shannon
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Squadron Leader David Shannon, DSO, DFC and Bar. As Flight Lieutenant David Shannon pilot No 617 Squadron RAF participated in the Dambusters Raid on Mohne Dam, Germany, on night of 16-17 M...ART27555
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Squadron Leader Eric Jarman
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Squadron Leader Eric G D Jarman, DFC, Bomber Command, 'C' Flight, 460 Squadron, RAAF, wearing C-type flying helmet, flying goggles and oxygen mask. This is a study for the painting 'Bomber...ART26255
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Squadron Leader Frank Whittle
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Maker: Coward, James
A portrait of Squadron Leader Frank Whittle made prior to the Second World War at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.ART28487.002
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Squadron Leader Richard Osborn
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 450 Squadron; Squadron Leader Richard Osburn, DFC, No 450 Sqdn RAAFART26236
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Station Adjutant
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
This portrait of John Edwin Pike, Adjutant, Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 456 Squadron.ART23541
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study for 'Bombing up a Lancaster'
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Bombs stacked on several bomb trolleys ready for transport to aircraft.ART29404
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Sunderland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron; Short Sunderland flying boat letter 'Z'ART22287
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Sunderlands in the hangar
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force took up the post of coastal command where they were based at Plymouth in the U.K. In this painting, the No 10 Squadron, part of Short Sutherland flying boat, are supported b...ART23536
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The Baron, Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Lord
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Southwell Forrest Lord, RAAF during the Second World War, a member Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron.ART23540
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The Camp Cartoonist (Sergeant Barnett)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant Arthur Barnett, RAAF, who was the camp cartoonist.ART25537
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The Covenanter (Sapper Alan MacDonald)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Allan MacDonald, 1st Coy Australian Forestry Unit, engineers Units, 1st Company was based in Dryfholm, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire in proximity to the 2nd and 3rd Coy who were operating wood mills...ART26233
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The first letter home, Gowrie House, Eastbourne
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Depicts a pencil drawing of an unidentified soldier writing letter back home, Gowrie House, Eastbourne.ART26276
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The incident for which Flight Sergeant Middleton was awarded the Victoria Cross
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Maker: Turner, Charles R.
This work shows the incident for which Flight Sergeant Middleton was awarded the Victoria Cross. A Liberator ploughs into the ocean, as two parachutes float in the background. Middleton was awarded th...ART26707
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The Scourge of Mussolini
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Maker: Davis, G H [HONG KONG? : S.N.], 1941
Brown and White banner explainer poster with a cross section of HM Warspite, 'leader of the British fleet which, without loss to themselves, sank five Italian warships on March 28, 1941, in the Medite...ARTV05352
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The skyways are today's highways
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Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Boylan and Co. Ltd.
An advertising poster for Qantas Empire Airways designed by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine in 1939. The poster depicts the Short "C" Class Empire flying-boat 'Cooee' taking off at...ARTV05155
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Train Busters
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Some of the most important work of the Australian fighter-bomber Mosquito Squadron based in England was train busting. This painting is of a typical operation and shows aircraft attacking trains in a ...ART23412
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Victory contingent marching through Melbourne
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Australia sent a contingent of 250 officers, men and women of the three services to participate in the Victory Parade in London, 8 June 1946. This painting depicts the Army detachment of the Australia...ART24379
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View of a railway bridge with a train passing
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Maker: Emery, James
A highly graphic work: in the foreground is a viaduct on which a steam engine is travelling, in the mid ground is a bridge for cars and pedestrians. Below the bridges pass local men and donkeys. The...ART27666
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[Wartime landscape, England]
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Depicts a study of a landscape of hills in the United Kingdom where Bowen spent the war years.ART29413
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Wellington Bombers taxiing round the perimeter track
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Five Wellington bombers are taxiing along a runway at dusk. They are preparing to take off on a night bombing raid over Germany from England.ART22288
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Dutch and English. Reproduced with text in Thai (ARTV02532), Chinese (ARTV02533)...ARTV02531
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Thai and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Chinese (ARTV02533)...ARTV02532
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Chinese and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Thai (ARTV02532)...ARTV02535
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Chinese and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Thai (ARTV02532)...ARTV02533
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Wing Commander Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Wing-Commander Henry Neville Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood, DFC, Air Force Cross, RAF. Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Ramsbottom-Isherwood went to Britain to join the Royal Air Force in the 1930s. He led...ART26129
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Wing Commander Jack Davenport
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A portrait of Wing Commander Jack Napier Davenport, DSO, DFC and Bar, GM, No 455 Squadron, Coastal Command.ART23475
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Workshop decor (Flight Sergeant B. Love)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Sergeant Bruce Robertson Love (service no. 3537) of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron is pictured here in his blue overalls standing in front of posters and photog...ART26360
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Your Britain, fight for it now
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Maker: Games, Abram Army Bureau of Current Affairs Multi Machine Plates Ltd
patriotism; poster produced for Army Bureau of Current Affairs, depicting a modern classroom amid the wreckage of a bombed school, text advises 'fight for it now'ARTV06917