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A Driver
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
One of No.3 Squadron transport driver (unidentified) in cabin of truck. Internally many of the trucks still retained their buff-coloured camouflage from the Desert Campaign.ART23481
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A Flamer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Two men rush for cover while two aeroplances bomb a military truck.ART26548
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Altitude 21,000
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Lockheed Hudson bomber aloft in the clear coldness of the sub-stratasphere.ART23396
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Arming a Spitfire
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Spitfire at Laverton on the tarmac, being armed in preparation for a test flight and air to ground gunnery.ART22364
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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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At the Wheel
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A man at the wheel of an Australian Merchant Ship or Australian Corvette HMAS Wagga. The bridge of these ships consisted mainly of a covered and glassed-in wheel house. Within this again the man at th...ART23584
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Australian commandos attacking Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, September 1943
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Dennis Adams was commissioned to depict Operation Jaywick, a bold raid by members of Special Operations Australia from Z Special Unit. Fifteen men under the command of a British officer, Major Ivan L...ART27649
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A Winter's Day
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
No. 450 Squadron (unidentified), pilots' mess in EPIP (European Privates' n Pattern) tent. Into one side of this the pilots had built a chimney from bricks. Firewood or coke was almost unobtainable bu...ART26115
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Beaufighter pilot
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicting a pilot wearing 'Mae West' inflatable life jacket, holding flying helmet.ART23472
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'B' gun, HMAS Arunta
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
On board the deck of the HMAS Arunta, we see a view of a man standing beside a gun mounted in the 'B' position. The gun's machinery is shown in detail. Tribal class destroyer's built during the Second...ART25679
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Bluey, Flight Mechanic (Sergeant John Le Cornu)
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of Sergeant John Le Cornu, Flight Mechanic for 466 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force.ART23465
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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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Catalina Flying Boat
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Moored and swinging lightly on Maquarie Lakes, an Australian Catalina flying boat is checked by mechanics. The nose houses a turret for a machine gunmen and a 'venetian blind' covering the window for ...ART26958
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Convoy at Sunset
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts ships in a convoy leaving Moreton Bay, southbound to Sydney. A lookout in the foreground stands watch complete in his Australian Comforts Fund balaclava. This painting was done from HMAS "More...ART23586
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Convoy Escort
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
During the convoying of a number of merchant ships from Sydney to Moreton Bay, a fire broke out in one of the ships, the "Wang Lee On". HMAS Moresby escorted this ship into the shelter of Crowdy Bay w...ART23585
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Dakota Wireless Operator
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicting a wireless (radio) operator, W B Gordon, part of interior of Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft, wearing flak suit jacket, Down Ampney.ART23469
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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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Deck View "Monterey"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The artist depicts two soldiers in uniform, one smokes a pipe on deck of the USS vessel, the 'Monterey' a light cruiser which was painted by the artist in 1945.ART22975
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Dornier Flying Boat
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A number of these Dornier DO 24 aircraft were flown to Australia by their Dutch naval pilots from the Netherland East Indies after the Japanese invasion of Java and Sumatra. Those which survived the f...ART21468
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Down through the night
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The pilot of a stricken aircraft who has just bailed out. Having exited head-first out of the escape hatch, he is free falling in the glare of searchlights. His right hand grips the rip cord handle r...ART22192
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Dusk, Tokyo docks, HMAS Arunta
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The dawning of a new day as HMAS Arunta is shown along side the dock in Tokyo.ART25676
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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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Fire at Sea
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
HMAS Moresby escorting SS Wang Lee on to anchorage on the north coast of NSW in October 1942. While in a north bound convoy from Sydney, the "Wang Lee On", fully laden with valuable war material, catc...ART23442
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Flight engineer in the cockpit of a Handley Page Halifax bomber
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Part of the interior of a Handley Page Halifax bomber, showing seated flight engineer in flying dress. Study for 'Flight engineer in the cockpit of a Handley Page Halifax bomber (ART25689).ART22982
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Flying Fortress
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
One of a series of paintings done at 4 U.S Air Depot at Townsville. This was outside No. 1 Workshop Hangar where heavy bombers, "Flying Fortresses" and "Liberators", are repaired and overhauled. This ...ART22237
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Flying Officer James Kearney, Beaufighter pilot
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flying Officer, James Timothy Kearney, DFC, was one of the crack pilots with No. 31 Squadron and like various other pilots and navigators had joined Test and Ferry Flights after he finished his operat...ART23451
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Flying Officer J Miles
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A portrait of John Cecil Miles who was a pilot with the famous Boston 22 Squadron in New Guinea during the Second World War. In December 1943 when this portrait was painted Miles was a Test and Ferry...ART92076
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Flying Officer Walter Hogg
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flying Walter Hogg, No 3 Squadron, RAAF, who was later shot down after an attack on Rimine on the Northern Adriatic coast of Italy.ART24433
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For'ard hanger, H.M.S. Glory
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The inside of a 'for'ard' aircraft hanger on board the Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Glory. Two men walk past the planes in the foreground. The majority of the composition is taken up by the restin...ART25684
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Gunnery Practice Instruction Room
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the Gunnery Practice Instruction Room.ART22969
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Halifax the bomb Aimer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A bomb aimer in the nose of a Halifax bomber.ART22961
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Heavy Cruiser, USS Chester
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The USS Cruiser Chester in dock at Cockatoo Island for repairs after being struck by a Japanese torpedo.ART26997
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HMAS Australia at Bear Island
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A side on view of the Heavy Cruiser HMAS Australia in the midground, with an expanse of sea in the foreground. In the background, another ship, seagulls and Bear Island, between the north coast of Nor...ART27638
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HMAS Australia in action, Guadalcanal, 8 August 1942
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts HMAS Australia (1928-1954) in action against a torpedo bombing attack during the Battle of Savo Island. HMAS Australia is being attacked during the allied landing of forces on Guadalcanal Isla...ART22189
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HMAS Melbourne
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A side on view of HMAS Melbourne at sea and in action. Smoke billows out of the four stacks on the deck and the guns on deck are being fired.ART40894
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HMAS 'MELBOURNE II'
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The aircraft carrier HMAS 'Melbourne II' at sea, with a variety of aircraft flying overhead.ART40895
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HMAS "SWAN"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
H.M.A.S "Swan" could put up a pretty effective anti-aircraft fire and did so during the first and heavy raid on Darwin. She was damaged during that raid by a near miss which burst alongside, to starbo...ART22240
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Hospital Ship at Hollandia
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a Hospital Ship" Wanganella" at Hollandia, New Guinea.ART22972
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In for Repairs
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Flying Fortress and Liberator being overhauled and repaired. The equipment and facilities of this important depot have played a vital part in the Bismark Sea Battle and in fact the whole air offensi...ART22239
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In the Armoury
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Armourers at work. Man in foreground is using a bench vice; man in background man is using a file.ART22966
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Kegon Waterfall
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
In the foreground, two military personnel walk along a grassy hill next to a river. In the background is Kegon waterfall at Lake Chuzenji-ko, Nikko from the Honshu region of Japan. The main Kegon wate...ART26555
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Liberty Ship
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the war torn Liberty ship docked in Finschhafen, New Guinea in 1945.ART22973
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maquette for Survivors
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
This is a maquette study for the large scale memorial to the Merchant Navy, 'Survivors', by Dennis Adams. It was created at a scale of approximately four and half to the envisaged final memorial. A...ART90970
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Marauders - American Aircraft
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Two of the formidable type of American medium bomber undergoing overhauls in one of the big "igloo" type hangars of 4 U.S Depot, Townsville. These aircraft were units of a group which did magnificent ...ART22238
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Medium Bomber
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
An American B-26 Marauder shown on the tarmac between B25 Mitchells at Richmond Airbase.ART23447
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Mid Upper Turret
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a crew member in the Mid Upper Turret of a Halifax.ART22963
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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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Model for 'Ship bearing red ten'
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Sculpture of a seaman at the helm. This was a plaster model for a sculpture of red cedar. Ship bearing red ten was commissioned in 1967, at the suggestion of the sculptor, for the new extensions to th...ART27986
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Mosquito on the tarmac
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Viewed from above, Adams depicts a de Havilland Mosquito aircraft standing on the tarmac, painted in RAF camouflage scheme.ART23474
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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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Off Yokohama, HMAS Shropshire and HMAS Swiftsure
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The Australian cruiser, HMAS Shropshire, in the foreground, and the British cruiser HMS Swiftsure, part of the British Pacific Fleet, standing off Yokohama, Japan, during the occupation of that count...ART25506
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Oil sketch for Spitfire
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
An airborne view of a Spitfires during a 'dog fight'. In the foreground one Spitfire is featured with the pilot visible. Another Spitfire soars downward, its engine trail visible. In the distance a pl...ART27636
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One of our aircraft failed to return
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The figure of an airman dressed in tropical uniform and flying gear is suspended in the air by his parachute in a crucifix pose, caught in a shell ravaged tree. Intended to symbolise the heroism of t...ART40893
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Opening fire, HMAS Warramunga
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
One of Australia's three Tribal Class destroyers at battle practise and opening fire with her main armament.ART23687
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Overhaul
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the aeroplane engine maintenance, part of Rolls Royce Merlin engine in a Spitfire aeroplane. They served in every combat area, operating as fighters, fighter-bombers, reconnaissance aircraft a...ART21530
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Over the Target
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A night bombing scene showing the Halifax bomber over a German industrial city of the Ruhr. Red "target indicators" dropped by a Pathfinder are visible - one is falling and the other having fallen - f...ART23426
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Pilot of a Mosquito
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A close up and cropped image showing a pilot in the cockpit of a Mosquito aircraft, he is wearing a yellow safety vest and he is wearing ear phone radio control.ART25670
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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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Ready for take off (Flying Officer Walter Hogg)
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The subject of this painting, Flying Officer Walter Hogg, No 3 Squadron RAAF, went missing over Italy, and was a POW during the war. Here he is depicted adjusting his helmet while sitting in a Curtiss...ART23462
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Sergeant Armourer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of Sergeant Armourer from 3 Squadron RAAF, smoking a cigarette in Vasto, Italy.ART23480
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Ship's Prow
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A sketch from above the ships bow, the USS "Chester" a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930 and used throughout the Second World War and then de-commissioned from service in 1946.ART23587
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Sinking of the 'Tirpitz'
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
From her completion in 1941, the 40,600-tonne German battleship 'Tirpitz' became a threat to the safety of British and Allied convoys and naval ships alike. Not only was her warlike potential much to ...ART25686
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Spitfire on Photo-Reconnaissance over Brindisi, Italy
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
During the course of the Allied campaign in Italy in 1943-45 No. 683 Squadron, RAF, formed part of a combined British-American photographic reconnaissance wing base at San Severo, north of Foggia. For...ART22191
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Squadron Leader Murray Nash
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
1944; Squadron Leader Murray Nash, DFC, No 3 Sqdn RAAFART25984
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Squadron Leader Padre Fred Mckay, 3 Squadron RAAF
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of the chaplain: Squadron Leader Padre Fred McKay, 3 Squadron RAAF.ART23483
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Stirling
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
View of a British Stirling Bomber. Note the incongruity of the airman's mode of transport.ART23467
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Strike at Sibenik
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Sibenik was one of several ports on the Yugoslav side of the Adriatic Sea. which received attention from the Royal Australian Air Force Kittyhawks of No. 3 and 450 Squadrons in anti-shipping strikes s...ART26538
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Sunderland attacking U-Boat
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
This painting from the air shows a Sunderland flying boat up close, attacking a distant U-boat below on the sea.ART27640
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Taking off - Boston Bomber
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Boston bomber of 22nd Squadron at Richmond RAAF Station. The aircraft of the squadron made various training flights and were used to escort convoys off the NSW coast before flying North to operate a...ART26957
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The Armourer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the Armourer cleaning the guns on a portion of Beaufighter aircraft. The fighter entered service in July 1940. It's main role was destined to be as night-fighter, but it was also used as a lon...ART21529
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The Beach Head, Oro Bay
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The principal advance base for the invasion of Lae and Salamaua. The Dutch steamer, "Bantum" is seen, partly submerged, on the left. The Dutch ship "Jansens" is seen at anchor on the right, having jus...ART23446
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The 'Biscuit Bombers' dropping supplies New Guinea
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A sketch of the 'biscuit bombers' dropping supplies in New Guinea. This sketch was a design for a diorama for the galleries of the Memorial.ART92545
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The blue Spitfire
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Spitfire Mark XI of No. 683 Squadron in the blue camouflage of all Photo Reconnaissance aircraft. A photographic reconnaissance wing was based at San Severo north of Foggia. Here, as with the entir...ART22243
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The boat deck, HMAS 'Moresby'
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
View of the boat deck on HMAS Moresby. Two figures can be seen on the deck; one climbing a guy rope; the other looking through a telescope.ART23876
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The Buddha at Kamakura
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The Great Buddha of Kamakura, a bronze statue of the Amida Buddha, located on the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple. With a height of 13.35 metres, it is the second largest Buddha statue in Japan. The st...ART25683
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The End of a Raider
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
This Japanese Mitsubishi 'Betty' bomber, one of nearly a hundred attacking the Milne Bay area, at a height of 25,000', was brought down by Australian Kittyhawks who dived on them from 28,000'.ART23686
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The First Lieutenant, HMAS "Moresby"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
First Lieutenant George A Johns, HMAS Moresby, was "seagoing" or in other words he was a Naval Reserve Officer in the Merchant Service, who at the outbreak of the war had been called up for service wi...ART21483
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To Oro Bay
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
After the fall of Buna, Oro Bay became the principal advanced base for further operations. Many of the merchant ships which made the passage from Milne Bay were Dutch. Single ships were usually escort...ART26359
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Train Busters
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Some of the most important work of the Australian fighter-bomber Mosquito Squadron based in England was train busting. This painting is of a typical operation and shows aircraft attacking trains in a ...ART23412
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US Tug
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The "James Wallace" was a well known tug in Sydney and other Australian ports. She was bought by the US Army and became a member of the "Small Ship Section.ART23448
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"Van Heenskerk"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
S.S Van Heenskerk was hit by a Japanese bomb in Milne Bay, and although not actually beached, she was taken close inshore and both anchors dropped. Despite heroic attempts by the crew and that of HMAS...ART22325
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Watching a Kittyhawk Take Off
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Kittyhawk taking off down the metal mesh covered runway. The blue line of the Adriatic can be seen in the distance.ART23461
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Watching the Take Off
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Kittyhawk taking off from the metal mesh covered runway. The blue line of the Adriatic Sea can be seen in the background.ART26108
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Wellington Pilot [Flight Sergeant Jack Chisholm McCallum]
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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 Brian Eaton
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Wing Commander Brian Eaton, DFC, DSO, was at one time the Commanding Officer No. 3 Squadron, RAAF. He later went to Mobile Operations Room.ART23460
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Wing Commander Jack Davenport
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A portrait of Wing Commander Jack Napier Davenport, DSO, DFC and Bar, GM, No 455 Squadron, Coastal Command.ART23475
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Winter's Day
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The airfield at Vasto, on the Adriatic Coast, is seen covered with snow and ice, which often had to be blasted off by the slipstreams of parked aircraft to render it serviceable.ART22977
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Wireless operator in an Avro Anson
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A wireless operator in an Avro Anson at Laverton, Victoria.ART21300
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Wirraways in Flight
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Three Australian-built Wirraways in 'Vic' flight formation above the NSW Coast.ART28724
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X gun, 4" gun on HMAS Swan
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
One of the three 4-inch guns which form the main armament of this RAN Slooth. The designation "X" is derived from the breach mechanism of the mounting on "X" deck which in British naval ships is a rai...ART22298