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Study: Southern England, 1944. Spitfires Attacking Flying Bombs by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9848

Made in preparation for a finished painting (IWM Collection LD 4589), this compositional sketch represents spitfires flying at low altitude over tree-lined countryside in Southern England, leaving white contrails in the sky. With ink, Monnington paints a washline mount around the drawing.

Study: Southern England, 1944. Spitfires Attacking Flying Bombs by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on paper, RAF Museum

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

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