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Inspiration for Smith’s surrealist masterpiece

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The surrealist painting that is a centrepiece of the new Bomber Command exhibition at the Australia War Memorial (AWM) portrays the heroic sacrifice of local Dubbo boy, Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton VC.

The 1949 work was by the British artist and RAF pilot David T. Smith and titled Incident in which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton [VC] lost his life and was given to Australia by the Roy...


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