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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
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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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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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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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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British War Medal 1939-45 : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Engraved around edge with recipient's details.REL38029.009
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Clive Caldwell, Darwin
Art
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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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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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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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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Fordyce, Horace Spencer Wills (Flight Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Fordyce, Horace Spencer Wills (Bill) Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace Spencer Wills Fordyce, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, England, Middle East and Ceylon, 1940...AWM2017.130.26
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Informal portrait of 403343 Pilot Officer (later Flying Officer [FO]) Ian Ross Ingram, RAAF who ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of 403343 Pilot Officer (later Flying Officer [FO]) Ian Ross Ingram, RAAF who graduated as a pilot from No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario, Canada on 1 Septembe...P00048.120
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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
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of Leading Aircraftman Arthur Hope Adams, Q127611, RAAF in Britain.ART22359
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Model for 'bomb dive'
Art
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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Moodie, Alister (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1974)
Private Record
Maker: Moodie, Alister
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 404356 Flight Lieutenant Alister Moodie, 464 Squadron RAAF, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, India, 1940-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of Fli...PR85/156
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Nye, George Albert Edward
Private Record
Maker: Nye, George Albert Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War military service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) of 413025 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) George Albert Edward Nye. Comprises Flt Lt Nye's original P...PR05112
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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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Pacific Star : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Engraved on reverse with recipient's details.REL38029.008
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Pilot in cockpit of Thunderbolt (Warrant Officer Russell Precians)
Art
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
Art
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
Art
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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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 411958 Harold Shepherd RAAF
Photograph
Studio portrait of pilot 411958 Sergeant Onslow Harold Maxwell 'Harold' Shepherd RAAF, later Warrant Officer flying with No 93 Squadron RAF. WO Shepherd was killed on operations on 27 January 1944.AWM2020.73.3
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Portrait of the most highly decorated Royal Australian airman flying, 22 year old 407729 Flight ...
Photograph
Portrait of the most highly decorated Royal Australian airman flying, 22 year old 407729 Flight Lieutenant David John Shannon DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, of Bridgewater, SA, member of the Dambusters, was...UK2640
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Portrait of two pilots, brothers, 420185 Pilot Officer (PO) Alan Charles William Grant (right) ...
Photograph
Portrait of two pilots, brothers, 420185 Pilot Officer (PO) Alan Charles William Grant (right) and 420743 Flight Sergeant Donald Frederick Grant, both of Sydney, NSW, taken at RAAF Overseas Headquarte...UK1164
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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 pilot's brevet : Flight Lieutenant J J Pengilley, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Australian Air Force pilot's machine embroidered qualification brevet on a dark blue wool ground. The brevet has white cotton embroidered wings on either side of the letters 'RAAF' within a pale...REL32618
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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
Art
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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Shelton, Harold (Flying Officer, b.1910 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Shelton, Harold
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 287028 Flying Officer Harold Shelton, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2004. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one memoir of Flying Officer Haro...PR03352
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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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1939-45 Star : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Engraved on reverse with recipient's details.REL38029.007
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Warrant Officer Francis Gould
Art
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