Portrait of a Major George Constable Portrait of Major George Constable Graphite on cartridge paper 297mm x 210mm 2009   This image is an adjunct to the O-1 Bird Dog image. Major George Constable was the Officer Commanding 161 Recce Flight in Vietnam in 1967-68. A popular commander, he was flying a small fixed wing aircraft - an O-1 Bird Dog - conducting aerial reconnaissance of the road and likely enemy positions ahead of a convoy moving between the 1 Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat and the Surfers Area of Operations where Fire Support and Patrol Bases Coral and Balmoral were situated. Major Constable's aircraft flew low, scouting the terrain when his aircraft was seen to commence what looked like a wingover and then crashed. Major Constable  was shot by an unknown person and was Australian Army Aviation Corps' first fatality in action since it was formed as its own corps.

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Independent Productions and Aviation Services is the website of Conway Bown, Australian Army Official War Artist and Aviation Consultant. Services include portrait painting and other portraiture, aviation services such as CRM - Crew Resource Management - and Helicopter Underwater Escape Training - HUET - which may include Emergency Breathing Systems - EBS - training using Helicopter Aircrew Breathing Devices - HABD - or Helicopter Emergency Egress Device - HEEDs.

During 2006, Conway Bown deployed to the Middle East as the Australian Army's Official War Artist, what the US Armed Forces call Combat Artist. This website features the artwork created during this project as part of the Australian Army's Official Art Scheme.

For more information on War Art, Combat Artists, Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS) or Crew Resource Management (CRM), please visit the relevant webpages:

HUET - RHO Aviation

CRM - RHO Aviation

EBS - RHO Aviation

Official War Artist - IPAS.