The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dargie noted, "Pilots of No 450 Sqdn [Squadron] RAAF [Royal Australian Air Force], surprised by German ME 109's raiding the 'drome. Caught without a tin hat, one pilot holds a spade over his head to protect himself from falling shrapnel. Bursts of white ack-ack can be seen in the sky. These surprise day raids by Jerry, though never of long duration (mostly hit-and-run affairs) could effect quite a lot of damage. On one occasion he set on fire six Kittyhawks, which were on the drome on stand-by; on another he caught three Hurricanes which had just taken off & shot down two of them. On the occasion depicted in this sketch some of the 109's were carrying two light anti-personnel bombs, which they dropped among the grounded planes".
Two soldiers standing on the ridge of a hilltop in New Guinea. A Bofors Gun is beside them, while storm clouds fill the sky above. Dargie noted, "Manned by Americans. One of the smaller ack-ack guns
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
Official war artist William Dargie was deployed to Arakan state in Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar) in early 1945 to record the role of Australian personnel serving in the Royal Air Force. While dep
Scene of two partially destroyed Japanese landing barges listing in the water, with trees and a low mountain range in the background. Dargie noted, "These barges were strafed by Australian Kittyhawks
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
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