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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

Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1755

This painting represents a Fighter Affiliation exercise in which the crew of a Halifax bomber were trained to out-manoeuvre a naturally faster and more agile Hurricane fighter. The exercise was designed to emulate the real-life situations faced by bomber crew pursued by enemy fighters.

Fighter affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane. Walter T. Monnington. Oil on canvas, © RAF Museum

Camouflaged Bombers by Graham Sutherland, gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1754

Better known for his grotesque and surreal visions of bomb damage, Graham Sutherland had also made gouache paintings of bomber aircraft early in the Second World War. Three were purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC).

Graham Sutherland watercolour and gouache of camouflaged bombers, RAF Museum

Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1761

This watercolour is part of ‘Aerial Creatures’, the second exhibited series of work by Paul Nash on Air Ministry subjects commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. The composition is based upon Nash's photograph of a partially covered Wellington bomber which he took when visiting an airfield (Tate Collection).

Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01314

This print published by the National Gallery was lithographically produced at the Curwen Press after Paul Nash's major oil painting, 'The Battle of Britain' (1941, Imperial War Museums). This was one of four ambitious, large-scale war pictures Nash painted for the Ministry of Information (MOI) as an Official War Artist.

The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph, 1941, published by the National Gallery, Crown copyright: expired.

Halifax Attack by Paul Nash, watercolour and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02819

This is one of a number of watercolours Paul Nash produced when commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee as the Air Ministry’s Official War Artist from March to December 1940.

Halifax Attack by Paul Nash, watercolour and gouache on paper, Artist copyright expired / RAF Museum

Fun Helped Them Fight (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05373

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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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