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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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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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Flood on the aerodrome, Gambut
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pen and ink sketch of unidentified members of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force struggling with their tent at their base at Gambut Airfield, Libya. There is a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk in backgr...ART22045
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Hell's bells - A.K 446
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Maker: Norton, Frank
One of the Tomahawk aircraft used by No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force in Syrian and Libyan campaigns. American-built aircraft, they have 12 cylinder AIIison engines developing 1050 H.P - top...ART21005
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[Kittyhawk]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Sketch of an aeroplane GAOV from side view. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in memory of William Edwin Pidgeon 2014ART96584
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Kittyhawk amongst the sand dunes: a Warhawk of 3 Squadron RAAF
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A Merlin-engined Kittyhawk (or Warhawk) of 3 Squadron in a dispersal bay, Vasto, Italy, March 1944. This aircraft still retained the buff and brown camouflage of the western desert.ART22244
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Kittyhawk fighters of 75 & 76 Sqdn RAAF strafing Jap tanks on Gilli Gilli Road, near Rabi, 28th Aug '42
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Maker: Dargie, William
This scene shows the attack along Gilli Gilli Road, with aircraft flying over and tanks charging along. A dead soldier lays in on the road, his rifle to one side. Dargie noted, "These tanks, two of s...ART22172
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Kittyhawk inspection
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts unidentified ground crew working on Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical...ART26979
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Kittyhawks over mountain, Goodenough Island
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Two Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks from No.75 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, are returning from a fighter patrol to their airfield on Goodenough Island, New Guinea.ART24331
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Kittyhawk studies
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts two studies of a Kittyhawk including belly tank detail and verso is a list of military anacronyms. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth ...ART96579
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Mechanics working on the motors of a Kittyhawk, 450 Squadron RAAF
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flight mechanics and riggers have the cowling off a Kittyhawk and are working on the motor. The pilots often took an interest in their own aircraft and helped the ground staff by cleaning the perspex ...ART23485
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Mixed nationalities on Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a Javanese airman, Corporal Djadi, and Sergeant Major Weertman from Zwolle, a member of the Dutch air force, checking over and servicing an American Curtiss p-40 Kittyhawk aeroplane at the RAA...ART21386
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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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No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawks over wrecked ammunition train
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing a flight of Kittyhawk aircraft of No.450 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force, flying over the site where a German ammunition train has been blown up by Allied bombers.ART25721
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RAAF Kittyhawks arrive at the Admiraltys
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Maker: Moore, Alan
No. 76 Squadron ground crews watch the first Kittyhawks to arrive at the Admiralty Islands.ART25462
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RAAF Kittyhawk Squadron at Milne Bay, August-September 1942
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Maker: Dargie, William
Crew from the RAAF Kittyhawk Squadron at Milne Bay. Dargie consulted with men from 75 and 76 Squadrons to achieve the most accurate results for this battle recreation. In regard to the models he stat...ART27628
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Refuelling "Kittys"
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene at 7-Mile Aerodrome showing Curtiss P40-E Kittyhawks being refuelled for return to Buna Bay. Some of the aircraft had already made four missions from 5am to 3pm as 24 Japanese ships had been r...ART29881
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Servicing Kittyhawk
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Maker: Dargie, William
Only the constant vigilance and attention of the ground crew will keep the plane serviceable under the trying conditions on the Western Desert, Gambut Aerodrome, Libya.ART22044
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Servicing Rima II, Libya
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A typical Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, "Rima II" is flown by Pilot Officer L. Spence of No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. (The name "Rima" dates to the last war when a fighter aircraft of that na...ART26051
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450 Squadron fitters making tea in the snow, Italy
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicting a group of unidentified fitters of No.450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) enjoying a much-needed cup of tea in the snow. Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk are seen in the background of th...ART24353