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A cluster of scows at outfitting berth
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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
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A daylight raid
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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
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Adjutant Major White
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Adjutant Major White, Adjutant to Squadrons 452, 458, 460.ART26229
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After a blizzard, Saskatchewan
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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
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A hand of poker
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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
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, KCB, CB, CBE, DSO, formerly Chief of Australian Air Staff, retired 1941ART26263
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Air Commodore John McCauley
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
Air Commodore John Patrick Joseph McCauley, CBE, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force.ART27584
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Aircraft at Singapore airport with First Aid Nursing Yeomanry canteen
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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
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Aircraftman C C Coombes
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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
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Aircraftman I (Bluey) Edmonds
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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
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Aircraftman I P Connelly
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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
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Aircraftman I P Connelly
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders profile portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.ART93458
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Aircraftman 1 Kenneth Brown, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts half figure portrait of man facing left, holding something in hands.ART28134
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Aircraftman Kevin H Kelly
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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
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Aircraftman P Connelly
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.ART93457
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Aircraftman R G Clifford
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman Reginald Glendinning Clifford, RAAF, wearing a cap.ART93459
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Aircraftman Robert T Chapman
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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
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Aircraftman Wong Yen
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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
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. : Some famous types.
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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
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. - Some famous types
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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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Aircraftswoman Ella Naylor
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Portrait depicting Aircraftswoman Ella Naylor, waitress, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force.ART21813
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Aircraftwoman M Gillam, Meteorological Office, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Aircraftwoman 93723 Margaret Gillam, Royal Australian Air Force, in profile facing left, wearing uniform overcoat, scarf and beret, Canberra.ART28145
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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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Air Gunner in Catalina blister (Flight Lieutenant Laurence Court)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The port gunner is firing his .5 automatic Browning which has a mechanical feed and is warding off an enemy aircraft on the port quarter. The unidentified starboard gunner is shown in a disabled state...ART23151
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Airman
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy
An airman from the Second World War wearing full flying kit, (flying suit and helmet) and carrying his parachute over his shoulder.ART40978
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Airman (design for Hall of Memory mosaic pendentive)
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Airman of RAAF, design used on pendentive in Hall of Memory, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.ART29387
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Airman in nose turret of Liberator
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Maker: Dargie, William
This is the Emerson electrically operated power turret, fitted with two 0.5 inch Browning machine gun. In the sketch the airman can be seen through the sections of bullet resistant glass, which, toget...ART21048
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Airman - Milne Bay
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Sketch depicting an unidentified airman, wearing tin (protective) helmet and gum boots.ART21684
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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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Air Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).ART27540
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[Airmen's non-stop ball]
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Maker: James, William
A female angel wearing a purple dress kisses the cheek of a smiling airman. A green plane flies off to the left of the composition and the text advertises a ball for airmen at the Civic Hall Casino on...ART93976
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Air power is peace power
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Maker: Unknown Royal Australian Air Force Unknown
Advertising poster for Air Force Week issued by the Royal Australian Air Force. The poster features a de Havilland Vampire T.35 soaring into the sky against a sky blue background. The title is in the...ARTV09783
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Air sea rescue, 1943 (Flying Officer John Shelton, warrant officer Fred Ring, Flying Officer A Filear, Sergeant S.J. Bell, Lega and US Pilot Lieutenant George Wicks)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bootless Bay; air-sea rescue, launch; 45 Operational Base Unit, Air-Sea Rescue Unit; l-r: Flying A J Filear, Commanding RAAF Flying Boat Base and Marine Section, Sergeant G J Bell, coxswain of crash b...ART22745
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Air sea rescue is not confined to open water
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This painting depicts a "spotter" plane dropping a message to a RAAF Air Sea Rescue Launch carrying out a rescue in an inland Papuan river. A plant with colourful red flowers appears down the right ed...ART22413
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Airstrip at night
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Maker: Thake, Eric
57 Operational Base Unit; view of airfield at night with flares illuminating runway.ART26971
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Air support control
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Maker: Flett, James
Air Support Control, RAAF at 24th Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarter, Brunei, Borneo.ART25467
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Air training Corps poster
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Maker: Unknown
Air training Corps poster; from a collection of material relating to the service of Sgt Ronald Keith Douglas (63429), 2 Embarkation DepotART96678
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Air Vice Marshal Adrian Cole
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Maker: Dunstan, Granville
Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole (1895-1966) served during both world wars. During the First World War, he was posted to No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Cole was awarded the Military Cross fo...ART94053
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Air Vice-Marshal Francis Bladin
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Air Vice Marshal Francis Masson Bladin, CB, CBE, formerly Chief of Staff, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces.ART27507
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Air Vice-Marshal George Jones
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
Depicts a caricature of Air Vice Marshal George Jones, CBE, DFC, MID, Chief of Air Staff, RAAF (also previously in First World War, No 4 Squadron AFC )ART27583
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Air Vice-Marshal George Jones
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Air Vice Marshal (later Air Marshal Sir) George Jones, CBE, DFC, Chief of the Air Staff, RAAFART26120
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Air Vice-Marshal William Bostock
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Air Vice Marshal William Dowling Bostock, CB, DSO, OBE, Air Commanding RAAF Command Allied Air ForcesART27501
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All the fine young men: My husband's father, Fred, was 18 when he joined the RAAF
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
This work illuminates how great events in history, such as war, affect the intimate and private parts of a family's history. It contains two sections: screen printed images on paper in the background,...ART29767.004
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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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A Mariner of the air-sea rescue flight at anchor, Trinity Inlet, Cairns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A Martin Mariner patrol-bomber flying boat of the Royal Australian Air Force riding at anchor at the flying boat base, Cairns.ART25632
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Ambulance plane carrying battle casualties from Morotai to Townsville
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Ambulance plane carrying casualties from Morotai to Townsville. The plane is from No.2 Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit, Royal Australian Air Force and a Flying Sister of the Royal Australian Air...ART24375
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Anson doing a "240 hourly"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
On the completion of 240 hours flying aircraft are completely overhauled - generally inspected and engines changed, Nowra, New South Wales.ART21160
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Ansons on the Tarmac
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson training planes at No.10 Air Observers School, a unit of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), through which many trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force passed, on the tarmac ready to ...ART21983
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Assembling Beaufort bomber
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts men of the Beaufort Division of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fishermens Bend, Melbourne assembling a Beaufort Bomber.ART24090
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Astro Dome (Flight Lieutenant Jack Jewel)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Lieutenant Jack Jewel of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron was mentioned in despatches and further distinguished himself on 3 November 1942 having been awarded a D...ART25532
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A Sunderland Crew Comes Ashore at Pembroke Dock
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Group portrait of the crew of Short Sunderland flying boat, 461 Squadron, RAAF at Pembroke Dock, Wales. Seen as crew come up the steps are: Fredrick (Derry) Syme (pilot), Ronald Warfield (navigator), ...ART26275
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At fighter sector
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of an unidentified Air Force Officer shown wearing a 'pith' helmet.ART27911
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Attack by No 3 and 450 Squadrons on enemy shipping near Venice
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Maker: Moore, Alan
This was a precision attack by four squadrons of Mustang and Kitty hawk fighter bomber. including No.3 and 450 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force, against shipping and installations at Venice durin...ART27619
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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 Churchill Club, large and small worlds
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Maurice O'Sullivan, RAAF, with a large terrestrial globe, in a room overlooking part of an enclosed garden of the Churchill Club, London. The Churchill Club was established ...ART26269
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At the Controls of a Bombay
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Squadron Leader Cyril Robin Broome, Commanding Officer No. 1 Air Ambulance, Royal Australian Air Force, part of wing and landing strut of transport aircraft used as air ambulance.ART24442
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Auster airstrip near Puriata River, Bougainville - Oxley Field, Bougainville
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Auster airstrip of the Royal Australian Air Force near Puriata River, Bougainville - Oxley Field, Bougainville.ART22418
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Australian air gunner (Warrant Officer Herbert Scott)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Australian air gunner Warrant Officer Herbert Donald Scott, 30623, 159 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Digri, India.ART23907
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Australian captain of a liberator (Pilot Officer Leslie Hendy)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A410333 Pilot Leslie Arthur Hendy, Australian captain of a B24 Liberator, No 159 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, Burma campaign.ART22386
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Australian Lancasters loading ex-POWs for England
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Maker: Moore, Alan
A group of ex-POWs boarding a converted Avro Lancaster bomber used to return POWs to England; the group includes Australians and Indians.ART24325
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Australian Navigator (Pilot Officer Alan Stephens)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A406494 Pilot Alan Richard Maidment Stephens, Observer/Navigator, No 215 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.ART23580
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Australian officers around the stove at night, Sulmona, Italy
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Maker: Comber, Albert alpha lithograph
Interior of hut, German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Prisoners seated on boxes around large heating stove. Comber and other officers were held prisoner there from Octob...ART34781.005
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Australian pilot tests his engine and controls (Flight Lieutenant James Franks)
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Maker: Dargie, William
The monsoon is over and on the first fine day the pilots are down at the strip to check up on the condition of their planes. In this sketch the pilot warms up his engine. A member of his ground crew, ...ART22388
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Avro Anson on coastal patrol, NSW
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This sketch was drawn whilst Frank Norton was flying on a sea patrol in an Avro Anson with 73 Squadron, RAAF. The squadron were protecting a convoy that were on anti-submarine duties. Seated at the ...ART21081
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Avro Anson trainers near Rockies
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson trainers being flown by RAAF personnel near the Canadian Rockies, a short distance from Calgary. Ralph Malcolm Warner was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of t...ART21280
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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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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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Back Them up - Buy War Savings Certificates
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Maker: Lorimer, Vernon
This poster relates to the war savings programs that were established by the Commonwealth Government to support war expenditure. The text "BACK THEM UP-buy WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES" is spread across t...ARTV09322
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Badges of the RAAF
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Maker: Unknown Directorate of Public Relations Unknown
Poster showing the badges of the RAAF. The poster features 17 different badges belong to the Squadrons of the RAAF, which are presented in four rows. At the top of the poster is the title, white text ...ARTV09781
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Ballet of wind and rain
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
'Ballet of wind and rain' was painted in Holland late in the Second World War, in February 1945, when Colahan travelled into recently liberated regions of war-torn Europe. In this painting the artist ...ART25701
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Baltimore crew talking after raid
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicts three unidentified Baltimore crew members talking after a raid, Italy.ART24341
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Basic principles for fighting aircraft fires
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Maker: Unknown Royal Australian Air Force Unknown
Royal Australian Air force poster published in 1959 outlining some basic principles for fighting aircraft fires and illustrating fire crew positions. The title is positioned across the top of the post...ARTV09669
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Battle of the Bismark Sea
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
"Battle of the Bismark Sea" - which cost the Jananese 22 ships and 15,000 men. The enemy was first spotted by a reconnaissance plane on March 1st, 1943, nosing westward along New Britain. To smash it,...ART27564
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B17 being fuelled for raid on Rabaul
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A US Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is shown at 7 mile drome being fuelled for a raid on Rabaul. Located to the north of Port Moresby, seven miles from town, this aerodrome was first used by the Royal Aus...ART29912
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Beach and first two piles of Avgas Jetty
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Maker: Dargie, William
This work was painted whilst Dargie was awaiting for an opportunity to paint a picture showing erecting the jetty in progress. As Dargie noted, "Unfavourable weather compelled No 7 Mobile Works Squadr...ART23501
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Beam wireless
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Showing the Beam Wireless hut housing the instruments and panels and the three masts from which are transmitted the signals. Point Cook RAAF Station, Victoria.ART21833
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Beaufighter navigator
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Navigator in Beaufighter aircraft, No 30 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The navigator is probably Richard Sydney Woodgate, service record 433244. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted i...ART26986
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Beaufighter - No. 30 Squadron, Tadji
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Maker: Dargie, William
Drawing of a beaufighter on the airstrip in Tadji. In the foreground is a tent, with a soldier kneeling down next to a jerry can. This airstrip was completed by Numbers 5, 6 and 7 Mobile Works Squad...ART23497
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Beaufighter Observer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified observer, part of interior of Beaufighter.ART23463
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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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Beaufighter pilot
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts Captain Robert McIntosh Wemyss (MID), No. 30 Squadron, flying a Beaufighter. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Hi...ART26985
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Beaufighter pilot (Group Captain Edwin Fyfe)
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
Royal Australian Air Force, No 77 Wing; Group Captain Edwin Glen Fyfe, DSO, 77 Wing RAAF, wearing Mae West life jacket and holding goggles; Beaufighter Mk IV in background; defence of, campaignsART27565
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Beaufort
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
A Beaufort aircraft at 10 Local Air Supply Unit, (L.A.S.U), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF),Piva, Bougainviulle, August 1945.ART25219
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Beaufort bomber aircraft over Rabaul, 1944
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Five Beaufort bomber aircraft fly high over Rabaul, dropping bombs over the ocean, landscape and vessels below. Japan, after occupying Rabaul, New Britain, in January 1942, they developed the town, h...ART27747
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Beaufort Pilot (Squadron Leader Harvey Charlesworth)
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
A portrait of Squadron Leader Harvey Charlesworth during flight. The artist, Mainwaring, was sent to New Guinea as an Australian Army artist in 1942 and completed many portraits of military personnel ...ART21644
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Beer issue, 1st T.A.F
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A rough sketch showing personnel of No 1 Tactical Air Force Headquarters, Royal Australian Air Force, lining up for their issue of bottled beer from Australia. This event stood out even more prominen...ART23271
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Bill Coombes
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of William Michael 'Bill' Coombes (O21987), RAAF, Spitfire pilot, playing poker while on stand by, with a cigarette hanging out from his mouth.ART27962
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Bill Coombes, Flying Officer
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of Flying Officer William Michael 'Bill' Coombes (O21987), Spitfire pilot, RAAF.ART27907
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Black cats taking off from Trinity Inlet
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Showing Catalina flying boats of the Royal Australian Air Force taking off on a night bombing raid over New Guinea. From August 1945 in his capacity as official war artist Emerson Curtis undertook a t...ART25634
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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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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 crew
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Bomber crew is a group portrait of a Lancaster bomber crew representing the young Australians involved in the air war over Europe during the Second World War. In her capacity as an official war artist...ART26265
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Bomber crews walking back through the mud after a raid, Italy
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing unidentified crews of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force, No 450 Squadron, trudging across an Italian airfield through the mud to their quarters after returning from an operational mis...ART24349
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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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Bomber's moon
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicts an Avro Lancaster bomber squadron flying over enemy targets. Search lights are directed on the bombers from the ground and they are withstanding heavy anti aircraft fire.ART27553
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Bombers pass over
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Boston bombers returning from a mission in the Wewak area, pass over Dumpu Strip in the Ramu Valley on their return to base, New Guinea.ART25175
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Bomber under camouflage
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a Lockheed Hudson bomber and airfield tractor under camouflage netting, Darwin.ART29703
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Bombing up a Lancaster for Wing Commander Douglas
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Loading bombs onto a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bomber for Bomber Command. Aircraft has protective cover over starboard wheel. Seen in the foreground are two loose bombs and a pair of universal bo...ART26261
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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