War paintings exhibition catalogue 1946

HAROLD FREEDMAN Flight Lieut. R.A.A.F.—continued 30. THE CHINAMAN . . . . . . O i l . . . . October, 1945 Trucks of an airfield construction unit collecting gravel to make a bomber strip at Labuan. 31. AT AN R.S.U. . . . . . . . . O i l . . . October, 1945 Kittyhawks awaiting repair at No. 22 Repair and Servicing unit. AN 32. NIGHT MAINTENANCE . . . . O i l . . . . September, 1945 A Douglas transport on the strip at Labuan. This aircraft was damaged during supply dropping operations to PsOW in Kuching.ff 33. A FIGHTER ACE . . . . . . O i l . . . . January, 1945 This portrait was painted upon the return of the Australian ace from the Middle East. 34. MAN IN CAPE . . . . . . . . O i l . . . . October, 1945 511 35. 1,00 BOMBER STRIKE Oil December, 1945 An imaginative canvas from a description given by F/Lt. Peter Isaacson D.F.C., D.F.M., A.F.C., of the first thousand bomber raid on Cologne. 36. HEAD STUDY . . . . . . . . D r a w i n g .. August, 1945 Due for a southern posting after 20 months tropical service, this airman has had " the jungle. 37. HEAD STUDY . . . . . . . . D r a w i n g .. August, 1945 KAMIRI SEARCHLIGHT Eric Thak A fitter of No. 76 Squadron, Labuan. ERIC THAKE Flying Officer R.A.A.F. 38. HEAD STUDY- P I LOT . . . . D r a w i n g .. August, 1945 43. KAMIRI SEARCHLIGHT . . . . G o u a c h e .. June, 1945 At Noemfoor Island, on the airstrip set between the jungle and the sea. The remains of a 39. MAINTENANCE WORKER . . . . D r a w i n g .. September, 1945 Japanese foxhole can be seen on the beach. 44. SALVAGE DUMP PORT MORESBY Gouache .. May, 1945 40. PILOT . . . . . . . . . . D r a w i n g .. September, 1945 45. PARACHUTE STORE . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. April, 1945 No. 31 Squadron, Morotai. 41. RADIO CITY . . . . . . . . D r a w i n g .. August, 1945 The maintenance section of No. III Mobile Fighter Control Unit, Labuan. 46. MORESBY TOTEM . . . . . . G o u a c h e . . December, 1944 Salvage Dump Pt. Moresby. 42. DESTROYED JAP. . . . . . . D r a w i n g .. August, 1945 47. LOADING FOR BIAK . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. January, 1945 Jap. aircraft at Labuan caught on the ground and destroyed by R.A.A.F, bombers, At Broe Bay, Noemfoor Island, the equipment was loaded on to LCM's and taken out over the reef to the Liberty ships. 8 9