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Battlefield pilot
Film
Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
A Defence Public Relations film featuring Army Aviation Pilatus Porter piloted by Captain Laurie Sceresini in low level flying demonstration set to the'Poet and peasant overture' by Franz von Suppe. T...F03004
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Battle of Germany: join an air crew
Art
Maker: Holmes H.M. Stationery Office
This British war poster depicts RAF Halifaxes flying over a fire from a bomb-damaged German tower.ARTV07256
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B17 being fuelled for raid on Rabaul
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A US Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is shown at 7 mile drome being fuelled for a raid on Rabaul. Located to the north of Port Moresby, seven miles from town, this aerodrome was first used by the Royal Aus...ART29912
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Beaufighter - No. 30 Squadron, Tadji
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Drawing of a beaufighter on the airstrip in Tadji. In the foreground is a tent, with a soldier kneeling down next to a jerry can. This airstrip was completed by Numbers 5, 6 and 7 Mobile Works Squad...ART23497
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Beaufighter Observer
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified observer, part of interior of Beaufighter.ART23463
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Beaufighters in an early stage of assembly
Art
Maker: Ragless, Max
The view is looking down upon a machine which has the engines fitted but not yet the outer wings. Several men stand on ladders at work assembling the aircraft. More of the aircraft made in the facto...ART23099
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Before Take Off
Art
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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Behind the lines, Bussy de Daours
Art
Maker: Daniels, W R
Depicts scene looking out a tent doorway. Inside the tent on the left is a small wooden cupboard with a plate and mess tin, above hangs a tea towel with a candle and candle holder on the shelf. Out...ART02193
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Bell P39 Airacobra
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A US Bell Aircobra aircraft is depicted in a Dispersal Bay at Seven-Mile Drome near Port Moresby, New Guinea. The Bell P39 Airacobra fighter aircraft used for aircraft was used in the Second World War...ART28026
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Bell P39 Airacobra and Catalina aircraft
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two aircraft damaged by Japanese attacks at Port Moresby are shown. In the foreground is a US Bell P39 Airacobra which crashed into the sea after an encounter with a Japanese Zero fighter. The Consoli...ART28025
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Bengazi to Sinanjui: A true account of a soldier’s experiences by Keith Lindsay Lewtas
Digitised Collection
Maker: Lewtas, Keith Lindsay
Manuscript relating to the military service of Warrant Officer Keith Lindsay Lewtas. This manuscript written in approximately 1967 covers his service from when he enlisted in 1939 to his return to Aus...AWM2019.22.109
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Beware...It may be a flak trap
Art
Maker: Unknown [S.L. : AIR FORCE, N.D.]
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV03291
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Bill Corbett RAAF, Gunner Cliff Briggs' observer (navigator), at work in flight plotting a course ...
Photograph
Bill Corbett RAAF, Gunner Cliff Briggs' observer (navigator), at work in flight plotting a course near his instruments inside the aircraft. (Original print housed in the AWM Archive Store).P02028.029
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Biscuit bombers-heading for Salamaua
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force taking off on a supply dropping operation to Nunn's Post in the Salamaua area.ART23625
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Biscuit bombers on way to Salamaua
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Study for oil painting showing how low these planes, Douglas DC 3's which were referred to as "Biscuit Bombers", fly when on supply dropping operations. This name doubtless has some relationship to th...ART25775
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Blast Hitler
Art
Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden for use in one of their factories. This poster, entitled "Blast Hitler" depicts a cartoon Hitler in the lower right hand ...ARTV02148
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Blasting the Japs, Aitape, 6.45 am, Sunday 23rd April 1944
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
From a distance, a scene of Japanese troops on the shorline of Aitape, New Guinea, being attacked by allied aircraft and ships at 6.45 am, Sunday 23rd April 1944. A prolific painter and print maker, ...ART93516
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Bomana War Cemetery
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
In course of construction, 1st Australian Graves Registration Unit at work. The number of graves in the cemetery when the picture was painted, 1944 - was 655 Australians and 8 members of the Papuan In...ART23879
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Bombardment: illustrating the poem 'Bombardment, in a book of poems by Richard Aldington
Art
Maker: Nash, Paul
Hand-coloured woodcut illustrating the poem 'Bombardment', the eighth illustration in a book of poems by British poet and novelist Richard Aldington (1892-1926), published by Beaumont Press, London, 1...ART20002.008
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Bomb Dive
Art
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