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An Airman from Nigeria, 309: Cdt A. Dewale by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00936

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, in profile, of a Nigerian airman in RAF uniform with shoulder badge and shoulder title. Small associative landscape drawing of Nigeria in lower left corner, RAF Museum

An Officer from Trinidad, 319: Sqdn Ldr Philip Louis Ulrich Cross DFC, DSO by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00930

Known as Ulrich, Philip Louis Ulric Cross (1917-2013) arrived in Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in November 1941 and trained as a navigator, after which he was commissioned as an officer and assigned to No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, based at RAF Marham.

Bust length coloured chalk portrait of an officer from Trinidad, facing forward without cap, wearing RAF uniform with Observer's brevet, DSO and DFC ribbons plus Pathfinders badge. Small associative landscape drawing of Trinidad in upper right corner of composition., RAF Museum

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809

During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown Copyright (expired) / RAF Museum

The Last of the Few: John Hemingway by Alistair Morrison, digital photograph, inkjet-printed onto Hahnemuhle paper

Fine Art, 2023, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-9477

Alistair Morrison photographed Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC AE (17 July 1919 - 17 March 2025) in 2023, at age 104, honouring him as the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot.

The Last of the Few: John Hemingway by Alistair Morrison, digital photograph, inkjet-printed onto Hahnemuhle paper, 2024. In this picture the then 104-year-old veteran, Hemingway, is seated in a large green chair, wearing his RAF uniform and medals, adjacent to a table upon which black and white photographs of his Second World War service sit, together with his open log book. He confronts the viewer with a sharp, intense gaze., RAF Museum

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01202

Knight made this charcoal study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling for her painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums), which represents a Stirling bomber crew preparing for flight.

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, 1943. Loosely sketched charcoal drawing of Alexander Quadling, Flight Engineer, crouching inside the Stirling bomber cockpit., RAF Museum

Flying Officer Guy Gibson by William Rothenstein, red chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1963

This is one of over 200 portrait drawings William Rothenstein made of RAF personnel between 1939 and 1941, and one of 40 he published in his book, ‘Men of the RAF’ (1942).

Flying Officer Guy Gibson by William Rothenstein, red chalk on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Artwork for Programme of the Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant Hendon

Fine Art, In Storage, FA11104

This lithographically-printed poster reproduces the design of an original watercolour painting featuring Vickers Vernon transport aircraft and a blown-up railway bridge in a Middle Eastern setting. The poster was used to advertise the 1923 RAF Hendon Pageant.

Poster showing biplane flying over a wrecked wooden bridge with a cloud of fire and smoke in the background, Jigsaw Design & Publishing © RAF Museum

Premonition by Walter Nessler, oil on wood

Fine Art, In Storage, FA05591

Walter Nessler painted ‘Premonition’, his most notable work, after fleeing Nazi Germany. He became preoccupied by the Nazi-Fascist bombing of the Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War, memorialised in Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ (1937).

Premonition by Walter Nessler, oil on wood, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

View of the Blitz by Mary Viola Paterson, etching

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03406

This etching is an original impression, printed and signed by 'Viola Paterson'. Later impressions, or ‘re-strikes’, were posthumously printed in 1983 by Yvonne Drewry in a folio edition of 150.

Etching of searchlights illuminating the night sky over a city, far away a church glows, and two cones of light search from a, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum

The Lightning by Humphrey Ocean, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00991

A decade after his musical explorations with singer Ian Dury’s band Kilburn and the High Roads, painter Humphrey Ocean was commissioned by the RAF Museum to represent the English Electric Lightning F6 aircraft at RAF Binbrook just before its withdrawal from service.

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