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Ground Operational Exercise (GROPE) by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1756

Leslie Cole’s painting represents a ground operational exercise or 'GROPE' – a form of synthetic training for air crew which, to test concentration, simulated the demanding navigational conditions of a bombing raid.

Ground Operational Exercise, oil on canvas, by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas,1943, Crown copyright: expired.

Study for 'Take Off': Stirling Bomber Cockpit by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01208

This detailed study represents the interior of a Stirling Bomber aircraft. 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 'Take Off': Stirling Bomber Cockpit by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 1943, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / 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

Short Stirling, Being Loaded with 2000lb HC Mk I Bombs

Photographs, In Storage, P009499

Short Stirling Mk I (MG-S) of No. 7 Squadron, being loaded with 2000lb HC Mk I bombs

2000lb cylindrical bomb with flat face being loaded into bomb bay of an aircraft, Crown

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

Rear Gunner (Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton) by Jacob Kramer, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00821

Jacob Kramer made this portrait when his Leeds friend Percy Dalton joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Following his promotion to Flight Lieutenant, Dalton died when his Wellington bomber was shot down over France in 1942.

Jacob Kramer lithographic portrait of Rear Gunner Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton, Consult Collection Curator before use.

Study for ‘Take Off’: Flight Engineer by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01176

This preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling, a Flight Engineer, is one of many 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 by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 1943, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Sketching the Gunnery Officers by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01011

Inscription: 'Skething the Gunnery Officers. 24/2/44.'

Sketching the Gunnery Officers: four seated men in uniform drawn from the waist up. One of them is drawing the others, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

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

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