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WAAF from Sarawak, 313: M. Street by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00934

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders coloured chalk portrait of a WAAF from Sarawek wearing RAF uniform and cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Sarawak in lower left corner., RAF Museum

Section Officer Austen: WAAF meteorologist by Evelyn Dunbar, oil on canvas

Fine Art, 1944, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1651

Mural painter Evelyn Dunbar was the only female Official War Artist of the Second World War commissioned on a full time salary. Few female artists were commissioned even on a short-term basis and the majority of women's artworks accepted for the War Artists' Advisory Committee's (WAAC) scheme were selectively purchased. Out of 405 participating artists, only 52 were women (13 percent).

WAAF officer leaning over a drawing board, plotting a weather onto a map. Curled up tracing paper sits on the map, Crown copyright: expired. / Crown copyright: expired

A WAAF from Kenya, 302: Cpl M McClelland by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00940

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders chalk portrait of a woman wearing WAAF uniform without cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Kenya in upper right corner., RAF Museum

Study: In for Repairs by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01174

This watercolour study by Dame Laura Knight is a preparatory drawing for the painting 'In for Repairs' (1942, Harris Museum and Library) that shows Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) operators repairing a damaged barrage balloon at RAF Wythall in Birmingham.

Dame Laura Knight study for In for Repairs - WAAFs repairing 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

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01170

This compositional study representing female balloon operators manoeuvering a barrage balloon 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). Months earlier, in 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

In this watercolour five women (WAAFs) haul on the lines of a barrage balloon above them; trees in the background, RAF Museum / Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 1942

An Aircraft Woman, Aston Down by William Rothenstein, sanguine chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04390

This is one of over 200 portraits William Rothenstein made of RAF personnel between 1939 and 1941, independently of the Official War Artists’ scheme.

An Aircraft Woman, Aston Down by William Rothenstein, red chalk on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Entering the Ballonet by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1874

This drawing of women testing a balloon for leakage is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings by Robert Austin, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee with RAF Balloon Command.

Robert Austin drawing of WAAFs in Balloon Command with a barrage balloon, one of whom enters the ballonet, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Lacing the Valise of a New Balloon by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1877

In this drawing, Robert Austin illustrates women placing a new barrage balloon into a bag for safe storage. It is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings he was commissioned to produce for the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC). with RAF Balloon Command.

Charcoal study of a group of women in overalls, labouring together to lace up a large fabric bag, © RAF Museum

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 / The Estate of Dame Laura Knight / Bridgeman Images

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