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Air Commodore Charles Kingsford-Smith
Art
Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Portrait of Air Commodore Charles Kingsford-Smith, MC., A.F.C. (RAAF and NZPAF), 19th Battalion, wearing flying headgear. At the age of 18 Charles Kingsford-Smith enlisted as a private in the A.I.F., ...ART11776
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Airforce
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Maker: Unknown Royal Australian Air Force Unknown
Royal Australian Air Force poster featuring a pilot flying a Canberra Bomber. The poster is a monochrome image in purple, with the pilot's head in the centre of the composition; the pilot is wearing a...ARTV06553
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Airman (pattern)
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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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Album of 24 pages, containing 64 photographs relating to the service of Second Lieutenant John ...
Photograph
Maker: Gordon, John Rutherford
Album of 24 pages, containing 64 photographs relating to the service of Second Lieutenant John Rutherford Gordon with the Australian Flying Corps. Photographs include portraits of General Ryan, Brigad...P10908
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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
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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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"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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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
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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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Captain Kenneth J Creen, USAF
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Maker: Gilmour, Ronald L
Caricature of Captain Kenneth J Creen, United States Air Force.ART94246
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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
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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'
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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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Collection related to Murray Frank Sweeny
Photograph
Studio portrait of 417673 Sergeant Murray Frank Sweeny RAAF, pilot of Prospect, SA, attached to a photographic folder with two attached newspaper clippings. Later promoted to Pilot Officer, then Flyin...AWM2021.594.1
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Collection relating to 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF
Photograph
Outdoor portrait of 415249 Geoffrey George 'Geoff' Hammond RAAF of Claremont, WA, and 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Hammond was latter awarded the DFC, promoted...AWM2020.626.3.3
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Collection relating to 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF
Photograph
Studio portrait of 415222 Flight Sergeant Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF. Bilsby, of Collie, WA, and a garage mechanic and coal miner before his enlistment in August 1941, he trained as a pilot as part of ...AWM2020.626.3.2
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Collection relating to 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF
Photograph
Studio portrait of 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF during his period of training before posting overseas. Bilsby, of Collie, WA, and a garage mechanic and coal miner before his enlistment in August 1...AWM2020.626.3.1
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Collection relating to 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF
Photograph
A memorial plaque for Ralph and G A Halliday unveiled on 20 June 1948 in the Congregational Church, Collie, WA. The plaque is now with family as the church has closed.AWM2020.626.3.8
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Collection relating to 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF
Photograph
The temporary cross at the grave of the crew of No 142 Squadron RAF, killed on 21 July 1943. A415222 Flight Sergeant R T Bilsby RAAF R136372 F/Sgt B Buckley RAAF A415337 Sgt T P Laird RAAF 1367187 Sg...AWM2020.626.3.7
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Colour tests
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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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Cornell, Harold Gordon (Lieutenant, b.1891 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Cornell, Harold Gordon
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Harold Gordon Cornell, 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, At sea and England, 1916-1917. Collection includes, letters; training notes and diary kept by C...1DRL/0212
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Damaged Kittyhawk on Escarpment Drome
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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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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Lieutenant (Lt) Roy Cumestree Trout, pilot of the box kite aircraft. Lt Trout embarked as a member of No 2 Squadron AFC on 25 October 1916 aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38). Later transferred to 69 Squadron A...DAVX056
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De-Briefing
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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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Flare path
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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 Sergeant George Hale
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Maker: Gilmour, Ronald L
Caricature sketch of Flight Sergeant George Hale.ART94243
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Flying Boat "Coriolanus"
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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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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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Howard, that's what we're watching for
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting aircraft flying over Malaya.ART92365
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Hurry
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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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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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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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'Meteor' Jet Pilot, No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Art
Maker: Gilmour, Ronald L
"Meteor" jet pilot of the No. 77 Squadron, RAAF, stands on the tarmac beside the aircraft.ART94235
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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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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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Not titled [Pilot with aircraft]
Art
Maker: Gilmour, Ronald L
Sketch of a pilot standing in front of aircraft at Pearce aerodrome, Western Australia.ART94234