Photograph

Maker: Fletcher, Nick

A badge worn by members of the Project Management Team (PMT) in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO). PMT consists of members from the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) and Royal Australian Air Fo...

P10271.049

Photograph

Maker: Vine, Robert Mark

"CHAP Willis (left) and his brother – CHAP Willis were both deployed to the MEAO (Middle East Area of Operations) at the same time and managed to catch up for a selfie" This image is related to the s...

AWM2020.304.19

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Portrait of female officer, Corporal McKelvie, RAAF, at Diego Garcia. Peter Churcher recalled, "There were only three Australian women on the island. I felt it was important to acknowledge one of them...

ART91750

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Three seated male soldiers meeting in the operations room. Peter Churcher recalled, "This drawing shows the Commanding Officer with two of the pilots in the operations room. The two pilots are revisin...

ART91788

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

A Hornet on the tarmac. Peter Churcher recalled, "I just wanted to do a painting of a Hornet. It was very hot on the flight path during the day and so I had to work at night. There is evidence of the ...

ART91764

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Figure of a young pilot, Flying Officer Jordan Sander, ready for action. Peter Churcher recalled, "He struck me as the archetypal fighter pilot whose youthful exuberant attitude was something that I w...

ART91749

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

This drawing shows one of the mechanics, known as 'blackhanders', lying back in a bunk reading whilst awaiting further instructions.

ART91789

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Figure of Flying Commander Acko in the operations room on board HMAS Kanimbla. Peter Churcher recalled, "This drawing depicts "Acko" one of the fighter pilots in the operations room as his shift invol...

ART91790

Photograph

Maker: Booth, Mal

Squadron Leader Brett Dockett, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Sqn Ldr Dockett was the Executive Officer at the Force Level Logistics Asset - Kuwait (FLLA-K). One of a series of photographs taken b...

P11658.012

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Night-time scene of the tent encampment at Diego Garcia, the American-occupied island. Peter Churcher recalled, "There were six men to a tent. Ninety-five percent of the airmen on the island were Ame...

ART91747

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Four Hornets on the airbase of the American-occupied island of Diego Garcia. Peter Churcher recalled, "This was the first painting that I completed at Diego. It illustrates the Australian presence on ...

ART91748

Photograph

Maker: Fletcher, Nick

The maintenance facility of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airfield Engineers at Al Minhad Air Base. This image was taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology ...

P10271.130

Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

Figures of two pilots preparing for a scramble. The RAAF pilots have been identified as Flight Lieutenant Tom Gleeson (on the left) and Flying Officer James Atkinson (on the right). Peter Churcher r...

ART91751

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Machine woven rectangular colour patch for Royal Australian Air Force Task Group 633.2. The patch has a brown border and shows the Australian flag in brown, white and pale yellow. A red back spider is...

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Art

Maker: Churcher, Peter

View of a lagoon. Peter Churcher recalled, "When I arrived in Diego Garcia I learned that the western side was basically given over to their undertakings but the entire eastern side was closed off by ...

ART91774