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Airman
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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Airman (pattern)
Art
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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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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Air Support: Qantas Empire Airways
Art
Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas W.M Brooks & Co. Ltd
Second World War propaganda poster designed for QANTAS by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine. The image is a depiction of Australian soldiers and a Papua New Guinean in the valley of ...ARTV05158
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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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American airmen rescued
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
American airman rescued with parachute from sea. Rescue craft races across to aircraft to rescue crew from coral reef.F01266
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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. ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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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Attack with me says Potato Pete
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Unknown
British Second World War Ministry of Food poster. The poster depicts the cartoon character Potato Pete as a parachutist. Potato Pete was a character created to advertise the use of potatoes in the pla...ARTV07940
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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