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Study for 'Take Off': Interior of a Stirling Bomber with Four Crew Members by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01178

This loose compositional drawing represents a Bomber Command crew in a Stirling cockpit. It is one of many preparatory studies, drawn on large sheets of paper, which Dame Laura Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums).

Study for 'Take Off': Interior of a Stirling Bomber with Four Crew Members by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Eggs and Bacon Coming up at Ma's Place by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01013

Inscription: 'Eggs and bacon coming up at Ma's place. 66 Sqdn. after release. 12/6/44. L to R: F/O Bob Casbunn from 'Tusco, F/O Chuck Brown, RAAF, F/O Arthur Vasey DFM, RAF, & 'Mickey', somebody's dog.'

Canadians of 412 Squadron at Biggin Hill - recto: pilots sitting in a dispersal hut. A Spitfire visible through the window. A picture of a reclining nude on the wall; verso: names of pilots written by visible outlines of figures through paper., The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Mobile Officers' Mess by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03400

Inscribed: '1944. Mobile Officers' Mess'.

Mobile Officers' Mess: a tented Officers Mess, three trees and bicycle in the foreground, The artist's estate / RAF Museum. / RAF Museum

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02296

This watercolour is a compositional study for the painting 'Fighter Affiliation', commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee in 1943 (see L001-1755; LD 3770). Monnington depicts a scene from the rear perspective of a Halifax bomber aircraft amid clouds, looking towards the gun turret and at an approaching Hurricane fighter aircraft in the distance.

Watercolour in blue tones representing a view from the rear of a Halifax bomber amid cloud formations, looking towards a Hurr, The artist's estate

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02297

In this study for a watercolour (Imperial War Museums collection), Thomas Monnington depicts radar operators charting the position of enemy aircraft on a cathode ray tube (CRT).

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / The artist's estate / RAF

ARP Warden by Sydney Kendrick, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00509

This portrait of a male Air Raid Precautions warden is an untypical subject of the painter Sydney Kendrick, better known for his portraits of society figures than for representing ordinary people in everyday situations.

ARP Warden by Sydney Kendrick, oil on canvas, 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

Portland Bill by Richard Eurich, oil on board

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00812

This is one of two paintings of Portland harbour made retrospectively by the epic seascape painter and Official War Artist to the Admiralty, Richard Eurich, representing a day in September 1940.

Portland Bill by Richard Eurich, oil on board, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Destruction at Holborn Viaduct - City Temple and St. Andrew's, Holborn by Gladys Baker, oil on canvas board

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9642

This ruin scene by the landscape painter Gladys Baker represents bomb damage to City Temple and St Andrew Holborn church during the London Blitz of 1941.

Oil scene of a destroyed bridge structure over a road, behind which stand elegant edifices and towers, 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

Sunderland Flying Boat in Hangar by John Nash, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1781

John Nash represented this Sunderland flying boat when he was commissioned through the War Artists' Advisory Committee to paint Admiralty subjects in the Second World War, as an Official War Artist.

Sunderland Flying Boat in Hangar by John Nash, oil on canvas, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

An Airman from Zanzibar, 322: I. Barwani by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00929

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London's Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Bust length colour chalk portrait of an airman from Zanzibar (now Tanzania), left profile, wearing RAF Service Dress with shoulder badge and Zanzibar shoulder title, but no cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Zanzibar in lower left corner., RAF Museum