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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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American bomber pilots
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Two American bomber pilots are depicted playing cards and smoking on board a flight to Darwin.ART27891
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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
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Americans and Aborigines
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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
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"Attack!" Pilot of a Sikorsky "Kingfisher"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The pilot in the cockpit canopy of Sikorsky-Kingfisher thrusts forward the control column and dives his aircraft.ART23395
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Australian Beaufighter in flight
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Maker: Ragless, Max
An Australian Beaufighter in flight. Seen from the air, far below the coastline and landscape are also visible.ART26035
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Awaiting the return of a flight from an OP
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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
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Beaufighter Observer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified observer, part of interior of Beaufighter.ART23463
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Before Take Off
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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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Bomb Dive
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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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Checking up on the R.T. of a Kittyhawk Fighter, before take-off
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Maker: Dargie, William
A pilot standing on a wing of a Kittyhawk plane, looking into and checking the cockpit. Dargie noted, "The pilots' life may depend on his R.T. It must be perfect before he leaves the ground, and the ...ART23896
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Clive Caldwell, Darwin
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of Flight Lieutenant Clive Caldwell (402107), RAAF, looking ahead as he stands leaning against a mantle piece. Behind him on the wall is a boar's head mounted on bamboo. Flight Lt Caldwell ...ART27969
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Clive Caldwell's Spitfire cockpit
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Cockpit study of Wing Commander Clive 'Killer' Caldwell's fighter plane, No. 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.ART27959
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Coat tailing, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
Art
Maker: Mahony, Will
Published in the Daily Telegraph the day after D-Day; British aircraft and flotilla are on the move. 'Coat-tailing' may refer to the British following the lead of the United States.ART94326
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Colour tests
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing was made at the Richmond Air Base. The title 'colour tests' indicates that the artist and camofleur, Frank Hinder, was testing colours on aircraft. Three men attend to the aircraft while ...ART29268
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Damaged Kittyhawk on Escarpment Drome
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Damaged Kittyhawk on Escarpment Drome. This plane crashed landed upside down. The pilot walked away unhurt, Libya.ART22373
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De-Briefing
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
The procedures known as 'briefing' and 'de-briefing' were part of an airman's lot. Briefing occured shortly before an air operation - whether small or massive - when the participating crews were assem...ART26549
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[Dozing, sleeping and reading pilots in deck chairs, in a dispersal hut]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of figures; some sleeping, some dozing and other reading and reclining in deck chairs, in a dispersal hut, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WE...ART96375
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drawing for endpiece for Air service in the Middle East
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
An airman is shown climbing into (or out of) the cockpit of a single winged aircraft. he is wearing a flying suit with cap and headset.ARTI00777
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En route Benalla
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Made from an impression during a flight from Point Cook to Benalla in an Oxford aircraft, Victoria.ART21820
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Fighter Bomber Pilot
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flying Officer Neil (Dingle) Gordon McKernan, RAAF, was a pilot of No.3 Squadron. This portrait was painted whilst the squadron was at Vasto, Italy.ART23479
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First 'Zero' Japanese fighter brought down on Australian mainland
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The wreckage of an aircraft shot down over the mainland in Darwin on 19 February 1942. This aircraft is not actually a Zero as it is referred to by the artist but instead is a Aichi D3A carrier based...ART21687
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Flare path
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
This was painted with a view to recording the beginning of a night landing. Of all actions in aircraft, landing may be regarded as priority No. 1, as in this the airman takes the greatest pride. The m...ART22170
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Flight Lieutenant Brian Snowball
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Flight Lieutenant Brian Snowball, pilot, No 258 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, India 1945.ART25920
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Flight Lieutenant M Baker
Art
Portrait depicts Flight Lieutenant M Baker, RAAF, wearing flying helmet, goggles and jacket, aircraft in background.ART28348
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Flight Sergeant Vincent Ratcliffe
Art
Maker: Colahan, Colin
A portrait of Flight Sergeant Vincent Peter Ratcliffe, a pilot with the 456 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Vincent Peter Ratcliffe joined the RAAF in January 1941 and was posted after pilot tra...ART25538
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Flying Boat "Coriolanus"
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Two American pilots are depicted at the controls, on board Empire Flying Boat "Coriolanus" from Darwin to Sydney.ART27892
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Howard, that's what we're watching for
Art
Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting aircraft flying over Malaya.ART92365
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Hurry
Art
Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting air crew getting a plane ready for take off.ART92357
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Ian Croft and Lindsay McSkimming
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Stoker Ian Campbell Croft (34578), HMAS Cerberus, and Pilot Officer Lindsay Gordon Skimming (26177), HMAS Moreton are depicted reclining on seats sleeping on board Flying Boat VH-ABG "Coriolanus" fro...ART27889
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Incident in which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton [VC] lost his life
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Maker: Smith, David T.
This eerie scene depicts the final moments of Middleton's life. Despite the painting being based on a true story, Smith has evoked an unreal modernist seascape. The falling parachutes of the survivin...ART27538
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Japanese airman
Art
Maker: Santa, Yasushi
A Japanese airman in flying uniform; timber control tower in background, Rabaul, New Guinea.ART92891
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Japanese pilot putting on flying suit
Art
Maker: Santa, Yasushi
A Japanese bomber pilot putting on his flying suit.ART92892
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Kwaipomata Point - Tiger Moth, repaired by 15 RSU taking off from the beach
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
An aircraft is taking off from the beach. Dargie noted, "After the plane had been repaired by 15 Repair and Salvage Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, the pilot got into the plane in a very bad temper,...ART22085
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Leading Aircraftman Arthur Adams
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of Leading Aircraftman Arthur Hope Adams, Q127611, RAAF in Britain.ART22359
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left: Not titled [food queue]; right: Wonder which the P.O.W's want drop't first
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Australian prisoners of war stand in a queue waiting to be served food. right image: View of two helicopter pilots sitting in a cockpit with beer and parachutes as cargo. The captions jok...ART90380
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Liberator bombing up
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
American ground crew bombing up a Liberator at Ward's Drome. Note the ferocious appearance given to the nose of the fuselage and the name "Moby Dick" painted on the plane.ART23743
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Link trainers
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
The personnel seen in the picture are giving instructions by radio-phone to trainees who are seated in a Link Trainer, a piece of mechanism with controls similar to those of an aircraft. When the inst...ART21824
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Model for 'bomb dive'
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
'Bomb Dive' attempts to express the tense vibrant moment of an aircraft hurtling and screaming downward. This is a model for a much larger composition of beaten and welded copper. In the artist's word...ART27985
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Night operation RAAF Hurricane
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A pilot involved in a night time operation with the RAAF Hurricane.ART92548
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Oxfords at 3000 feet
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the Strathbogie Ranges and Goulbourn Valley from an Airspeed Oxford twin engine training aircraft (used for pilot and gunnery training).ART21818
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20 periodicals: one seat for a pilot...
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] ( S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one in a campaign that urges British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that tons of paper is needed to make seats for aircrew. The inclusion of an image of a young pilo...ARTV02416
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Pilot in cockpit of Thunderbolt (Warrant Officer Russell Precians)
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Maker: Dargie, William
A413097 Warrant Officer Russell K Precians, pilot, Royal Australian Air Force, serving with No 258 Squadron, Royal Air Force, seen in the cockpit and canopy of Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft at R...ART22390
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Pilot Officer, Leslie Chippindall
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of 404234 Pilot Officer E. Leslie Daniel Howlet Chippindall, originally of a RAAF squadron flying Wildebeests in Malaya, converted to Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers in Australia, No. 100 Sq...ART23579
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Pilots discussing an operation on their return
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Maker: Dargie, William
Five pilots stand in a group discussing the operation they have just returned from. The artist later wrote about about the work: "An exciting babble of voices exchanging new and views - it usually ta...ART26196
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Pilots playing draughts
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Sketch of two pilots playing draughts at a table, in Darwin.ART27955
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Pilot's rigout - Pilot, R.N.Z.A.F
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
A working drawing of an unidentified pilot wearing a pilot rigout, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Piva Airstrip, Torokina, Bougainville.ART25226
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Port Phillip Bay
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Drawn from an impression during a flight from Point Cook to Benalla. The Duke of Gloucester's plane can be seen between the upper and lower aircraft, Victoria.ART21819
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Portrait of Flight Sergeant Conrad George Johnston, (412066), 466 Squadron
Art
Maker: Allinson, G W Allinson, G W Allinson, G W
A portrait of Flight Sergeant Conrad George Johnston (412066). Johnston was shot down over Holland whilst piloting a Halifax bomber (HX312, call sign HD-K) on January 22nd 1944. He was based in Lecons...ART94856
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Practice Drome Strafing
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
This was carried out by pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force almost incessantly throughout the day, Townsville, Queensland.ART25781
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RAAF crash boat rescues pilot from the sea
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This crash boat was the Air-Sea Rescue craft of Royal Australian Air Force Marine Section, Port Moresby. Over a period of six months the unit had saved many people within a radius of 63 kilometres of ...ART21330
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RAAF Fighter Pilot
Art
Maker: Mellon, Eleanor
Sculpture of unidentified pilot from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). This bust was brought to Australia by Miss Gretchen Green OBE, an American recreation worker who, during the Second World W...ART28125
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RAAF Pilots Headquarters
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
The Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) Pilots Headquarters on the beach at Wewak, New Guinea. A parachute has been used to create an awning under which a personnel member stands nude enjoying a drink; t...ART29910
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RAAF seaplanes at dispersal points, Rathmines
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Vought Sikorsky Kingfisher float planes of RAAF at Rathmines, hauled out of the water and dispensed agmonst the giant Ti-Trees and gums of the lake-side. These aircraft were designed principally for n...ART23439
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RAAF types
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Three portraits of Royal Australian Air Force types, depicting bomber squadron personnel.ART27968
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Rear Gunner RAAF (Warrant Officer Norman Williams)
Art
Maker: Tribe, Barbara John Galizia and Sons
Bronze bust of Warrant Officer Norman Francis Williams, RAAF (Service no. 411624). Williams was the most highly decorated NCO of the Second World War and was the only 'non-pilot air ace'. Norman Wil...ART27626
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Relaxing on troop transport
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Maker: Moore, Alan
An RAAF pilot sits in a chair with his legs crossed, reading a book. He wears knee high socks, laced up leather shoes, shorts and is shirtless.ART26622
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Sergeant Pilot - DFM Winner
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This portrait has been identified as Walter Hamilton Arthur Mailey (service no. 402375) who served with the 3rd Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. Dargie met Mailey whe...ART22228
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"Sparks" Stewart
Art
Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of 'Sparks' Stewart, Radio operator on Qantas Catalina 'Coriolanas', wearing headphones on a flight from Darwin to Sydney.ART27937
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Spitfire pilot
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of a Spitfire pilot wearing flying boots and sitting on a bar with his drink beside him.ART27929
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Squadron Leader Colin Braidwood Walker
Art
Maker: Tribe, Barbara John Galizia and Sons
Bronze bust of Squadron Leader Colin Braidwood Walker (Service no. 404610). Walker was a pilot and flew Coastal Command. In 1944 he was award a Distinguished Service Order for, as his citation reads...ART40974
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The Bomb Aimer
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
The bomb aimer is poised, ready to make his target during a nighttime raid. This subject fascinated Adams, his work often features pilots engaged in the act of their service.ART25692
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Tiger Moth trainer taking off, Parafield
Art
Maker: Ragless, Max
This is one of six drawings purchased from the artist in 1944 prior to his appointment as an official war artist in 1945. It features a Tiger moth trainer taking off at Parafield Airport, South Austr...ART30196
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US Fighter Ace
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A portrait of Lieutenant Andrew J Reynolds, an American pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron in the United States Air Force. He flew P40E Kittyhawks and was described as a fighter ace.ART22735
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Warrant Officer Francis Gould
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of A414671 Warrant Francis Harrison Gould, pilot, No 134 Squadron Royal Air Force, shown carrying his parachute and oxygen mask out to his plane, Ratnap, India.ART23156
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Warrant Officer Francis Gould
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Warrant Officer A414671 Francis Harrison Gould, pilot, serving with No. 134 Squadron Royal Air Force in India, 1945ART26135
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Wellington Pilot [Flight Sergeant Jack Chisholm McCallum]
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of 420580 Flight Sergeant Jack Chisholm McCallum, 37 Squadron, RAF, seated in the cockpit of an aircraft. Many Australians served in the squadrons of the group on the aerodrome near Foggia, I...ART22978
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Wing Commander Clive Caldwell, DSO, DFC and Bar
Art
Maker: Freedman, Harold
An early product of the Empire Air Training Scheme, Clive Caldwell became a notable Spitfire fighter pilot whose air victories earned him the nickname "Killer". He served in the United Kingdom and Mid...ART26990