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Plane Graveyard by John Armstrong, tempera on board

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00005

In the Second World War, painter John Armstrong was commissioned to represent scenes of ‘Debris and Demolition’. Besides painting bombed houses, from 1941–1942 he turned to depicting crashed German aircraft.

John Armstrong tempera painting of an aircraft dump, The Estate of John Armstrong. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00264

This is one of over 30 semi-abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas, 1959. Semi-abstract composition: a faceted globe on a pole with folded back feathered 'wings' either side, seen from below, with a blue cloud behind the figure, The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Cross by Geoffrey Clarke, aluminium

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9493

Purchased in 2025.

Small cross composed of aluminium pieces. Faceted hexagonal prism on top of horizontal bisecting section of cross, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Greenham Common by Peter Kennard, photomontage: silver gelatin print with graphite and gouache on card

Fine Art, X008-9484

Artist and activist Peter Kennard made this photomontage in support of the CND movement protest against the use of RAF Greenham Common as a nuclear weapons base for the United States Air Force (between 1980-1991).

Greenham Common by Peter Kennard, photomontage - a photograph of signage to RAF Greenham Common mounted onto card and embellished with graphite to suggest a trail of metallic, radioactive dust. Upper and lower bands of black gouache paint frame the apocalypic image of the grounds, portending death and uncontrollable fallout., RAF Museum

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00262

This is one of many semi-abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

Icarus by John Armstrong, 1968, oil on canvas. Semi-abstract Icarus figure: orb 'globe head' on a pole 'torso' enveloped by a cloak of grey wings with a haloed pale yellow shadow above, on a brown mound with deeper yellow background, The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

MGBs [Motor Gun Boats] by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00998

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Glenbow Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Icarus Pinwheel by Michael Ayrton, graphite on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00778

Michael Ayrton represents Icarus as he reaches the zenith of flight – too close to the sun. A similar composition to this drawing was later included in his 1962 illustrated novel, ‘The Testament of Daedalus’.

Icarus Pinwheel by Michael Ayrton, graphite on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

In the Air (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04047

Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.

In the Air by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph, 1917. Black and white semi-abstract image of a birdu2019s-eye view of patchwork fields and two pusher biplanes below., RAF Museum

Assembling Parts (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04045

Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.

Assembling Parts by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph, 1917. Black and white, semi-abstract image of male and female factory workers in overalls assembling a First World War biplane., RAF Museum

Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (V) by Anne Newland

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01381

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum