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  1. A cluster of scows at outfitting berth

    Art

    Maker: Curtis, R Emerson

    These have been built for service in the islands for the Royal Australian Air Force by Slazengers, formerly sports goods manufacturers now builders of small craft for the Australian, British and Ameri...

    ART21381

  2. A daylight raid

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    Australian Halifax aircraft on a daylight raid over Germany. This is the view obtained from a position immediately alongside the pilot and shown two of the powerful Bristol Hercules motors of a Halifa...

    ART22193

  3. Adjutant Major White

    Art

    Maker: Colahan, Colin

    Portrait of Adjutant Major White, Adjutant to Squadrons 452, 458, 460.

    ART26229

  4. After a blizzard, Saskatchewan

    Art

    Maker: Warner, R Malcolm

    Typical scene on a Canadian airfield the morning after a blizzard; the snow is liberally plastered on walls as well as on roofs and the clearing of the roadway makes a wall of snow which will stay unt...

    ART23088

  5. A hand of poker

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    Depicts a portrait of Flying Garry Munro Blumer 413517, 450 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, who was shot down at one time before the German line North of Pescara. He was fortunate in meeting Ital...

    ART24439

  6. Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett

    Art

    Maker: Bowen, Stella

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, KCB, CB, CBE, DSO, formerly Chief of Australian Air Staff, retired 1941

    ART26263

  7. Air Commodore John McCauley

    Art

    Maker: Jones, Vernon

    Air Commodore John Patrick Joseph McCauley, CBE, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force.

    ART27584

  8. Aircraft at Singapore airport with First Aid Nursing Yeomanry canteen

    Art

    Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest

    Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...

    ART23382

  9. Aircraftman C C Coombes

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman C C Combes, RAAF. A prolific painter and printmaker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in New Gui...

    ART93471

  10. Aircraftman I (Bluey) Edmonds

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman 1 'Bluey' Edmonds, RAAF wearing a hat, during the Second World War in New Guinea.

    ART93539

  11. Aircraftman I P Connelly

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF, wearing a cap. The portrait was painted on board a Navy ship between Sydney and Lae, New Guinea. A prolific painter and print ma...

    ART93480

  12. Aircraftman I P Connelly

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders profile portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.

    ART93458

  13. Aircraftman 1 Kenneth Brown, Canberra

    Art

    Maker: Curtis, R Emerson

    Depicts half figure portrait of man facing left, holding something in hands.

    ART28134

  14. Aircraftman Kevin H Kelly

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman Kevin Henry Kelly, RAAF. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in...

    ART93477

  15. Aircraftman P Connelly

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.

    ART93457

  16. Aircraftman R G Clifford

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman Reginald Glendinning Clifford, RAAF, wearing a cap.

    ART93459

  17. Aircraftman Robert T Chapman

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a portrait of Aircraftman Robert Thomas Chapman, RAAF. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in New Guinea, B...

    ART93476

  18. Aircraftman Wong Yen

    Art

    Maker: Jack, Kenneth

    Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Chinese Aircraftman Wong Yen, RAAF. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in ...

    ART93478

  19. Aircraft of the R.A.F. : Some famous types.

    Art

    Maker: Royal Australian Air Force [S.L : S.N., N.D.]

    British Second World War recruitment poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features ima...

    ARTV01588

  20. Aircraft of the R.A.F. - Some famous types

    Art

    Maker: Royal Australian Air Force

    British Second World War poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features images of the d...

    ARTV05208

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