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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

The Wright brothers flying at Kitty Hawk, 1903

Photographs, In Storage, X001-2690

On 17 December 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made a number of flights at Kill Devil Hills, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Few people noticed the event but they were the first men to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine, eventually achieving a flight of 852 feet in 59 seconds.

A man running beside a biplane, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Corporal Orla Proctor, 20 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9941/004

Orla Proctor served with the RAF Police and describes her role when deployed to Sudan for Operation Polar Bear in 2023. She also discusses her involvement in RAF women’s rugby.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Chrissy Siczowa, 20 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9941/002

Chrissy Siczowa commanded 3 Police and Security Wing and was RAF women’s rugby team captain before becoming director of women’s rugby. She explains the importance of sport in the RAF.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Sergeant Ben Payton-Hoskins, 20 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9941/001

Ben Payton-Hoskins served with the RAF Police at RAF Brize Norton. He remembers his work during the Covid pandemic and describes the arrival of evacuees from Afghanistan during Operation Pitting.

Image pending

Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 3

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/003

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft, a Bristol Britannia airliner and an S-58 helicopter, with various views of people and buildings in snow.

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Avro Anson XIX Series 1 (G-AHXM) of the Sperry Gyroscope Company in flight, 1951

Photographs, In Storage, P100014

Avro Anson XIX Series 1 (G-AHXM) of the Sperry Gyroscope Company , 1951.

Blue twin-engined monoplane in flight, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection