The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 deployed with 134 Squadron he captured this scene of pilot Flight Lieutenant James Franks (A403731) in the cockpit in January 1945. The sketch is unfinished as Dargie was hospitalised with malaria that day. He described the scene:
"The monsoon is over, and on the first fine day the pilots are down at the strip to check up on the condition of the planes. In this sketch the pilot warms up his engine. A member of his ground crew, an [unidentified] English lad, stands on the wing and looks into the cockpit, whilst the wind of the slipstream blows back his clothes and hair."
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
Portrait of A414671 Warrant Francis Harrison Gould, Australian pilot, No 134 Squadron Royal Air Force. Official war artist William Dargie was deployed to 134 Squadron in Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine Sta
A413097 Warrant Officer Russell K Precians, pilot, Royal Australian Air Force, serving with No 258 Squadron, Royal Air Force, seen in the cockpit and canopy of Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft in A
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
Portrait of A402786 Flying Officer Colin Clouderley Betts, pilot, No 258 Squadron Royal Air Force. Official war artist William Dargie was deployed to 258 Squadron in Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State,
A portrait of Flight Lieutenant Brian Snowball, pilot, 258 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Burma in January 1945. Artist William Dargie was stationed with 258 Squadron in the Arakan (now Rakhine State) in
