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The London Blitz – Whitechapel Bomb Victim by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9649

This is one of many works by Claude Rowberry that show the human cost of air raids. He visited bomb sites with his sketchbook and painted this graphic scene after first-hand observation.

The London Blitz – Whitechapel Bomb Victim by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org | The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Bust of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park by Leslie Johnson, bronze

Fine Art, In Storage, X004-0236

Sir Keith Park was a flying ace in the First World War. During the Battle of Britain, Park commanded No. 11 Group, Fighter Command, defending London and South East England.

Bronze bust of a the head and shoulders of a man wearing an aviator hat and goggles, © Estate of Leslie Johnson

Driver on Duty at an Ambulance Station by Elsie Gledstanes, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01551

This watercolour is one of many Elsie Gledstanes made as a volunteer for the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service during the Blitz. Later in life she gifted several works to the Imperial War Museum.

Driver on Duty at an Ambulance Station by Elsie Gledstanes, watercolour on paper, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Poster for 1933 RAF Display at RAF Hendon

Fine Art, In Storage, FA10671

This poster advertising the 1933 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon shows a Hawker Fury, one of the many RAF aircraft due to appear on the programme.

Illustration showing a stylised biplane flying in front of a large RAF roundel, © RAF Museum

The London Blitz – Ruined Buildings by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9662

This is one of a number of works made by Claude Rowberry in which he represented the devastation caused by enemy bombing raids. Rowberry visited bomb sites with his sketchbook, drawing from first-hand encounters. Although he made many drawings during the London Blitz, he depicted this ruin scene after the war.

The London Blitz u2013 Ruined Buildings by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Sir Frederick Sykes by Sir William Orpen, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Hangar Two, X005-5017

An early supporter of air power, Sir Frederick Sykes KCB CMG CBO DSO was Chief of the Air Staff when the First World War ended in November 1918. Immediately afterwards he advocated for the RAF to remain an independent service.

Sir Frederick Sykes seated at a wooden chair by a window in RAF uniform with a curtain behind him, RAF Museum

Will Man Outgrow the Earth? (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05372

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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Evoluzioni Spiraliche di Aerei [Spiralling Evolutions of Aeroplanes] by Enrico Castello ('Chin'), oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00561

In 1918 Italian Futurist painter Enrico Castello, otherwise known as ‘Chin’, represented this combative vision after serving as a fighter pilot. That year, at the end of the war, poet Filippo Marinetti revived the Futurist art movement he had founded in Milan in 1909.

Enrico Castello ('Chin') oil painting of an Italian aircraft over a coastal landscape, RAF Museum

Air Raid by Cyril Power, linocut

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00972

Power’s linocut print of a biplane ‘dog fight’ recalls his First World War service in the Royal Flying Corps, when he supervised aircraft repairs at Lympne aerodrome, Kent. He developed the print in four lino-block colour separations of red, light blue, grey and dark blue from a wartime sketch.

Cyril Power linocut print of a First World War dog fight, RAF Museum

Air Raid by Cyril Power, linocut

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00562

Power’s linocut print of a biplane ‘dog fight’ recalls his First World War service in the Royal Flying Corps, when he supervised aircraft repairs at Lympne aerodrome, Kent. He developed the print in four lino-block colour separations of red, light blue, grey and dark blue from a wartime sketch.

Cyril Power Air Raid, linocut on paper. Depiction of a First World War dogfight., © RAF Museum / RAF Museum