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Assembly floor main assembly workshops, Beaufort Division, Fisherman's Bend
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Maker: Northfield, James
Assembly floor main assembly workshops, Beaufort Division, Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne.ART25712
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Bomber Command memorial
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Maker: Dawson, Neil
The Bomber Command memorial commemorates the service and sacrifice of the RAAF air and ground crew who served and died with Bomber Command during the Second World War. It contains specific references ...ART92683
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Bomber Pilot (Flying Officer Edward Harding)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Royal Australian Air Force, No 13 Reconnaisance Bomber Squadron; Flying E A Harding, Captain Pilot of Hudson bomber, RAAF; raids on, and shipping in nearby watersART21348
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Bombing of Darwin
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Maker: Wanji Wanji, Susan
The presence of planes and the bombing of Darwin came as a shock to many Tiwi Islanders and it is an event which still has resonance today through traditional songs and dance. Originally from Maningri...AWM2016.251.2
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Bombing up a Fighter Bomber
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A P-40N Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is loaded with bombs in readiness for the next operation. Amourers are rolling a bomb trolley under the fuselage and hoisting a 500-p...ART23486
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Bombing up Beauforts for daylight raids over New Britain
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Bombing up Beauforts for daylight raids over New Britain. These were the largest raids carried out by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at this time. Targets were Cape Hoskins, Dampier, Gasmata et...ART22272
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Checking up on an engine
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Maker: Dargie, William
Showing a engineer working on one of the four Pratt and Whitney R 1830-65 engines of a Liberator which the previous night had bombed Radar installations on Great Cocoa Island from Digri, India.ART23154
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Contact Port Outer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a Halifax Bomber taxiing on the runway.ART25691
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Corporal Pat Horan
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of WX16805 Corporal Pat Horan, former commando, air guide for 'biscuit bomber' supply dropping aircraft, 2/5 Independent Company.ART25846
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Crew bail out!
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A chaotic scene inside a burning bomber captures crew members as they attempt escape. In this work Adams draws on his own experience of a crash landing: "The aircraft rolled completely over as it cras...ART25693
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Dinah - wrecked Japanese bomber
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a wrecked Japanese bomber on the air strip at Labuan, Borneo. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was sele...ART22177
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Ditching practice in tank, Nassau
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Depicts training in 'ditching' (forced landing in water) is carried out in a large tank of water. The crew, clad in swimming suits, are seated in a stripped fuselage of a Mitchell bomber which runs do...ART24149
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Flying Fortresses (B17's) taking off at 0230 from 7-Mile Drome, Moresby to bomb Rabaul town and harbour
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Maker: Dargie, William
A night time scene of soldiers pictured standing in front of B17s taking off, with searchlights glowing up into the sky.ART22074
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Group Captain Noel Quinn
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Portrait of 622 Squadron Leader (later Group Captain) Noel Thomas Quinn, DFC and 2 Bars, Commanding 8 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Noel Thomas Quinn, DFC and 2 Bars was born on 16 Mar...ART27582
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Lockheed Hudson Bomber of No 6 Squadron scoring direct hit on Japanese Seaplane Tender
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Maker: Dargie, William
The pilot of the pictured aircraft was "Gogs" Manning of No 6 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The ship was again hit by the following plane and finally burned out and sank. 6 Squadron's score ...ART25914
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Maquette for Bomber Command sculpture
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Maker: Dawson, Neil
A Marquette for the sculpture to commemorate those who served and those who died with Bomber Command during the Second World War. The final sculpture will go on display in the sculpture garden of the...ART92165
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Salvaging Liberator after crash landing
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Liberators are now flown by Royal Australian Air Force crews on bombing runs to Truk etc. This aircraft met fighter opposition on the way back from the target; the undercarriage was damaged by enemy f...ART23572
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V. D. C. Spotter
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A full length profile portrait of a Volunteer Defence Corps aircraft Spotter in Hobart. The soldier is wearing a hard hat and reclining in an Australian made spotter's chair, his binoculars raised sky...ART25801
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Wellington Bombers taxiing round the perimeter track
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Five Wellington bombers are taxiing along a runway at dusk. They are preparing to take off on a night bombing raid over Germany from England.ART22288
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Winter storms over Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Netherlands East Indies Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force personnel employed on servicing a squadron of Mitchell bombers of the Dutch Air Force, make for shelter at the end of the day.ART21384