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Study for 'Take Off': Interior of a Stirling Bomber with Four Crew Members by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01178

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

Study for 'Take Off': Interior of a Stirling Bomber with Four Crew Members by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, 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

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': Cockpit Interior with Pilot and Co-Pilot (recto); Arm and Hand of Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, 1943. The recto side of the paper bears a loose preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling who, in the oil painting, extends his hand to operate a switch on the flight engineer's panel., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

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

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

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

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