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  1. Baltimores return, 454 Squadron, Italy

    Art

    Maker: Moore, Alan

    Showing unidentified air crews of 454 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force leaving their aircraft after an operational missiong in mid winter. Martin Baltimore aircraft, Falconara Marittima, Italy, Eu...

    ART24339

  2. Bombing up a Fighter Bomber

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    A P-40N Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is loaded with bombs in readiness for the next operation. Amourers are rolling a bomb trolley under the fuselage and hoisting a 500-p...

    ART23486

  3. Lieutenant Commander Leon Goldsworthy

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Lieutenant Commander Leon Verdi Goldsworthy, GC, DSC, GM. A mining engineer from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Goldsworthy's initial attempt to enlist in the navy was thwarted by his small stature. Hi...

    ART27503

  4. Springtime in Southern Italy

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    A wrecked Junkers Ju 88 aeroplane at Tortorella Strip near Foggia, Italy. A Wellington can be seen in the background and also a white cloud of dust from the chalk covered taxiways. The wrecks about th...

    ART23464

  5. 450 Squadron fitters making tea in the snow, Italy

    Art

    Maker: Moore, Alan

    Depicting a group of unidentified fitters of No.450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) enjoying a much-needed cup of tea in the snow. Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk are seen in the background of th...

    ART24353

  6. Stretcher bearers in the Owen Stanleys

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    Depicts four unidentified Papua New Guineans carrying a wounded man on a stretcher made of sapplings. Beside them is a walking wounded case and past them up the track are soldiers going into action. W...

    ART26653

  7. Troops crossing river, October 1942

    Art

    Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank

    Frank Hodgkinson's earlier sketch of this subject is dated October 1942 and has a direct correlation to the artist's experience with 7th Australian Division. Hodgkinson enlisted in May 1940, but was n...

    ART27524

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