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Framed case of medals awarded to Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0423/D

Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson had participated in over 100 operational sorties before his Avro Lancaster was destroyed during an operation to attack Nuremberg on 3 January 1945.

Seven medals in a frame with a silver plaque giving presentation details. The medals include a DSO (bar) and DFC, RAF Museum

Engineer's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1942 Pattern of Pilot Officer James Herbert Wolton

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-7317

In 1942, the aircrew position of Engineer was introduced. Their role was to monitor the engine and fuel systems while aiding the pilot in their flying duties.

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Pilot Officer Mitchell - Stirlings outfight Messerschmitts

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1840

Recording in which Pilot Officer Mitchell, a Short Stirling’s tail gunner, describes an attack on German shipping and evasive action taken when engaged by German fighters.

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Halifax Turret - Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02300

This diagrammatic drawing, labelling the features of a Halifax bomber aircraft, such as a gun turret, was made in preparation for a finished painting in the Imperial War Museums collection (LD 3769). Monnington made two paintings on the theme of Fighter Affiliation - the other in the care of the RAF Museum (L001-1755; LD 3770) - which depict the Halifax from different viewpoints while undergoing training manoeuvres.

Graphite on paper drawing depicting mid-upper Halifax bomber turret from the astro dome. With notes by artist., The artist's estate

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9847

This sketch is one of several made in preparation for the painting 'Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane', commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee in 1943 (see L001-1755; LD 3770). A Fighter Affiliation exercise involved training bomber crews (in aircraft such as Halifaxes) to out-manoeuvre faster and more agile fighter aircraft, to prepare them for real-life situations of pursuit from enemy fighters. It enabled crews to practice positioning their turrets and gunsights, and make evasive manoeuvres, in response to attacks from challenging angles.

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper, 1943. Two aircraft (one a fighter) engaged in a 'dog fight', surrounded by clouds., RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Pilot Officer Robert Alan Marshall

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1997/0384/D

Robert Alan Marshall trained in Canada as a navigator. Marshall joined the RAF as a Sergeant, before being promoted to Pilot Officer, and served with Nos. 12 and 619 Squadrons. Marshall was later seconded to BOAC.

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Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01315

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery and the Ministry of Information after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Aerial Creatures’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) for the Air Ministry in 1940.

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Study for ‘Take Off’: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01177

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

Study for u2018Take Offu2019: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01183

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': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper, 1943. The verso is a study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling's figure and uniform., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer Alexander Quadling by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01199

This detailed preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling, a Flight Engineer, is one of many large drawings Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums), in which she represented a Stirling bomber crew at RAF Mildenhall preparing for flight.

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer Alexander Quadling by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper, 1943, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum