The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 speed of 348 mph. Above the engine are two .5inch guns with four machine guns in wings. 'CV' is Squadron identification; marking 'P', that of the plane. Brown and yellow markings on upper and blue on under portions of aircraft make detection difficult both from ground and air. Flying Tomahawks, this Squadron accounted for 24 enemy aircraft with only one loss to themselves during the Syrian campaign. Scene is typical of dromes in this area. Beyond the plane is A.A gun post with gunner's and ground crews' tents, El Adem. In 1941 Frank Norton joined the Royal Australian Navy and was appointed in March that year as an Official War Artist, travelling to Western Australia, the Middle East, Tobruk and the Western Desert. Norton was again appointed official war artist for the Navy in Korea in 1952.
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
SYDNEY, NSW. 1952-06-24. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FRANK NORTON, OFFICIAL NAVAL WAR ARTIST DURING WORLD WAR 2 WITH THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, HAS AGAIN BEEN APPOINTED TO THE POSITION TO COVER THE ACTIVITIE
Depicts the RAN supply ship, HMAS Westralia, berthing at Fremantle harbour in Western Australia on return from the Persian Gulf after the First Gulf War. Lynne Norton is the daughter of Second World W
A group of soldiers and an officer are depicted near a lit anti-aircraft searchlight on the Western Front. The powerful beam of the searchlight streaks diagonally across the picture plane, contrasting
While on patrol off the west coast of Korea in August 1952 official war artist Frank Norton spent several days ashore where he was able to make sketches and two oil paintings of the Island of Yong Puo
Depicts the ships HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide at HMAS Stirling, Cockburn Sound, in Western Australia. The ships are two RAN guided missile frigates, alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirlin
