Photograph

Maker: Unknown

A group portrait of members of Course 20A held at Rivers, Manitoba where No. 1 Air Navigation School was located. Identified left to right: back row: Bill Robertson; Toss Tanner; Len Brock; Tony Harla...

P04201.006

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

A group portrait of members of Course 31, held at Uplands, Ottawa. Identified, left to right, back row:McFarlane; Thomas; Maise; Frost; Murphy; McHugh (Pilot Officer (PO)); O'Neil; PO Allen; North; Ne...

P04201.005

Art

Maker: Adams, Dennis

Depicts a Boston Bomber taking off.

ART23489

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Aircrew trainees returning from Banff during leave. Identified left to right: Johnnie Southwell, 402526 Pilot Officer Walter Hugh (Wally) Lynch (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 26 Janua...

P04201.003

Heraldry

Maker: Royal Mint

Air Force Cross with original presentation case. Engraved on reverse with year of award.

REL38029.003

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

Photograph

Although No. 462 Squadron is Australian, many of the fliers come from other parts of the Empire. Portrait of one of the flight commanders, 46341 Squadron Leader W. C. E. Craig DFC and Bar of Ealing, L...

MED1716

Art

Maker: Baird, John

Two American bomber pilots are depicted playing cards and smoking on board a flight to Darwin.

ART27891

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

Art

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

Sound

Maker: Stark, Amy Gwendoline

Gwen Stark was one of the first women to be appointed to a position in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF). She earned her pilot's licence in 1938. In interview she discusses her invol...

S00185

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

An unidentified officer pins wings to the uniform of 404842 Aircraftman John James Allen, RAAF, following completion of pilot training. Allen was born in Charters Towers, Queensland, in 1919. Prior to...

P04201.002

Art

Maker: Adams, Dennis

The pilot in the cockpit canopy of Sikorsky-Kingfisher thrusts forward the control column and dives his aircraft.

ART23395

Art

Maker: Ragless, Max

An Australian Beaufighter in flight. Seen from the air, far below the coastline and landscape are also visible.

ART26035

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Australia Service Medal. Engraved around edge with recipient's details.

REL38029.010

Art

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

Art

Maker: Adams, Dennis

Depicts a portrait of an unidentified observer, part of interior of Beaufighter.

ART23463

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

Private Record

Maker: Luftwaffe

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 628681 (985) Alfred Bieniasch, Luftwaffe, Germany, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one service document of Alfred Bieniasch, in German la...

PR04989

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