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WRAF Technician Servicing a Helicopter at Shawbury by Boyd & Evans, crayon on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00495

Fionnuala Boyd and Les Evans work inter-dependently as an artistic partnership, at times drawing on the same leaves of paper to realise a shared vision. Photography is central to their practice. In the studio, when away from the subject, they based their drawings on photographs, and today photography is their main medium.

WRAF Technician Servicing A helicopter at Shawbury by Leslie Evans and Fionnuala Boyd, pencil crayon on paper, Boyd & Evans / RAF Museum

The London Blitz – Whitechapel Bomb Victim by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9649

This is one of many works by Claude Rowberry that show the human cost of air raids. He visited bomb sites with his sketchbook and painted this graphic scene after first-hand observation.

The London Blitz – Whitechapel Bomb Victim by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 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 | The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Bust of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park by Leslie Johnson, bronze

Fine Art, In Storage, X004-0236

Sir Keith Park was a flying ace in the First World War. During the Battle of Britain, Park commanded No. 11 Group, Fighter Command, defending London and South East England.

Bronze bust of a the head and shoulders of a man wearing an aviator hat and goggles, © Estate of Leslie Johnson

Poster for 1933 RAF Display at RAF Hendon

Fine Art, In Storage, FA10671

This poster advertising the 1933 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon shows a Hawker Fury, one of the many RAF aircraft due to appear on the programme.

Illustration showing a stylised biplane flying in front of a large RAF roundel, © 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.

Study: In for Repairs by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Sir Frederick Sykes by Sir William Orpen, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Hangar Two, X005-5017

An early supporter of air power, Sir Frederick Sykes KCB CMG CBO DSO was Chief of the Air Staff when the First World War ended in November 1918. Immediately afterwards he advocated for the RAF to remain an independent service.

Sir Frederick Sykes seated at a wooden chair by a window in RAF uniform with a curtain behind him, RAF Museum

Hawker Harrier by Bryan Organ, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05592

Two years after the RAF Museum opened to visitors, it commissioned Bryan Organ, known for his depictions of famous people, to paint a ‘portrait’ of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier aircraft. Several years later, he also drew the Museum’s founding Director, Dr John Tanner.

Hawker Harrier by Bryan Organ, oil on canvas, Bryan Organ and the Redfern Gallery / RAF Museum

Will Man Outgrow the Earth? (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05372

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02297

In this study for a watercolour (Imperial War Museums collection), Thomas Monnington depicts radar operators charting the position of enemy aircraft on a cathode ray tube (CRT).

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / The artist's estate / RAF

Air Raid by Cyril Power, linocut

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00972

Power’s linocut print of a biplane ‘dog fight’ recalls his First World War service in the Royal Flying Corps, when he supervised aircraft repairs at Lympne aerodrome, Kent. He developed the print in four lino-block colour separations of red, light blue, grey and dark blue from a wartime sketch.

Cyril Power linocut print of a First World War dog fight, RAF Museum