The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An American A-10 bomber on the flightline at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. Peter Churcher recalled, "There is a ruined Afghan village visible in the background; heli-pads in foreground for landing emergency; wounded to be taken into hospital, which was just behind the spot I painted from". Verso image: Two men carrying a stretcher.
Painting of a wrecked Russian Aircraft in Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "'These wrecks are a vestige from the Russian/Afghan war (Bagram was then a Russian air-base) - They have been piled in one p
The shower and toilet block inside the SAS compound, with an SAS soldier using the 'piss-a-phone', an improvised urinal. Peter Churcher recalled, "The 'piss-a-phone' is outside the bombed building in
Landscape view across Afghanistan, showing wreckage and refuse from the Russian/Afghan war in the foreground, with local people fossicking through the rubbish. Peter Churcher recalled, "It's what you
An SAS soldier is walking in the village of Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "Just outside the main gate of the airbase is the village of Bagram, in which the locals live. I was eager to go into the v
Showing the interior of the SAS sleeping quarters at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. Peter Churcher recalled, "The SAS soldiers lived in one of the partly ruined buildings within the Australian com
Depiction of Neyamet, a five year old Afghan boy who received a serious ballistic wound to his head. Peter Churcher recalled, "When he arrived at the American hospital on Bagram airbase, part of his s