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  1. A group portrait of members of Course 20A held at Rivers, Manitoba where No. 1 Air Navigation ...

    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

  2. A group portrait of members of Course 31, held at Uplands, Ottawa. Identified, left to right, ...

    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

  3. Aircraft Taking Off

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    Depicts a Boston Bomber taking off.

    ART23489

  4. Aircrew trainees returning from Banff during leave. Identified left to right: Johnnie Southwell, ...

    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

  5. Air Force Cross : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, Royal Australian Air Force

    Heraldry

    Maker: Royal Mint

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

    REL38029.003

  6. 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

  7. Although No. 462 Squadron is Australian, many of the fliers come from other parts of the Empire. ...

    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

  8. American bomber pilots

    Art

    Maker: Baird, John

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

    ART27891

  9. American pilot

    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

  10. Americans and Aborigines

    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

  11. Amy Gwendoline (Gwen) Caldwell (nee Stark) as a wing officer, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, 1941-1945, interviewed by Joyce Thomson

    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

  12. An unidentified officer pins wings to the uniform of 404842 Aircraftman John James Allen, RAAF, ...

    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

  13. "Attack!" Pilot of a Sikorsky "Kingfisher"

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

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

    ART23395

  14. Australian Beaufighter in flight

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

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

    ART26035

  15. Australia Service Medal : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, Royal Australian Air Force

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

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

    REL38029.010

  16. Awaiting the return of a flight from an OP

    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

  17. Beaufighter Observer

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

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

    ART23463

  18. 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

  19. Bieniasch, Alfred (Luftwaffe)

    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

  20. 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

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