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Sketching the Gunnery Officers by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01011

Inscription: 'Skething the Gunnery Officers. 24/2/44.'

Sketching the Gunnery Officers: four seated men in uniform drawn from the waist up. One of them is drawing the others, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Interior with Pilot and Co-Pilot (recto); Arm and Hand of Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01182

Knight made these charcoal studies for her painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums), which represents a Stirling bomber crew preparing for flight. Based at RAF Mildenhall with No. 15 Squadron, Knight, who did not accompany the crew in flight, posed the men as if they were about to embark on a raid over Germany.

Studies for 'Take Off': The verso includes drawings of the pilots (Flight Lieutenant D.A. Stuart White and Flying Officer Kenneth John Bettles) and cockpit interior, including, on the right side, a parachute snap-hook., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (III) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01175

Dame Laura Knight’s study is part of a body of expressive drawings that explored the barrage balloon. She made these in preparation for a painting commissioned by the War Office to promote the recruitment of female operators for RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Dame Laura Knight graphite study for painting 'A Balloon Site, Coventry', representing a barrage balloon manned by WAAFs, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / u00a9 The Estate of Dame Laura Knight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VIII) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01169

This compositional study is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Dame Laura Knight watercolour and graphite study for 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' painting, of WAAFs operating a barrage balloon, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / u00a9 The Estate of Dame Laura Knight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images

The Day Before Invasion by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01012

Inscription: '- The Day before Invasion - "Bugs" - P/O Keating in his tent. 130 Squadron, 142 A.F. 4/6/44.'

The Day Before Invasion by Denis Barnham, ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum