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Making Up Log Books by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01016

Inscribed: 'Making up log books. Boulsmer. 29/11/44.'

Making Up Log Books: figure in armchair leans forward, turning page of a log book. Seated figures behind write in log books., The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Icarus [also known as Upright Icarus] by John Armstrong, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00263

This is one of over 30 semi-abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas, 1961 - abstract form set against a grey background: a pair of wings attached to a centrally structured thin frame that ends in a partially broken sphere. Anthropomorphic - suggestive of human form of head, torso and wings., The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Composition: Balloon Abstract by John Armstrong, tempera on board

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00004

Purchased from the Parkin Gallery, 1978.

Composition: Balloon Abstract by John Armstrong, tempera on wood, circa 1942 - sphere delineated by red contours, surrounded by three elipses with red shadows and a receding structure on left., The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00264

This is one of over 30 semi-abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas, 1959. Semi-abstract composition: a faceted globe on a pole with folded back feathered 'wings' either side, seen from below, with a blue cloud behind the figure, The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Halifax Turret - Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02300

This diagrammatic drawing, labelling the features of a Halifax bomber aircraft, such as a gun turret, was made in preparation for a finished painting in the Imperial War Museums collection (LD 3769). Monnington made two paintings on the theme of Fighter Affiliation - the other in the care of the RAF Museum (L001-1755; LD 3770) - which depict the Halifax from different viewpoints while undergoing training manoeuvres.

Graphite on paper drawing depicting mid-upper Halifax bomber turret from the astro dome. With notes by artist., The artist's estate

Study: Southern England, 1944. Spitfires Attacking Flying Bombs by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9848

Made in preparation for a finished painting (IWM Collection LD 4589), this compositional sketch represents spitfires flying at low altitude over tree-lined countryside in Southern England, leaving white contrails in the sky. With ink, Monnington paints a washline mount around the drawing.

Study: Southern England, 1944. Spitfires Attacking Flying Bombs by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on paper, RAF Museum

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9847

This sketch is one of several made in preparation for the painting 'Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane', commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee in 1943 (see L001-1755; LD 3770). A Fighter Affiliation exercise involved training bomber crews (in aircraft such as Halifaxes) to out-manoeuvre faster and more agile fighter aircraft, to prepare them for real-life situations of pursuit from enemy fighters. It enabled crews to practice positioning their turrets and gunsights, and make evasive manoeuvres, in response to attacks from challenging angles.

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper, 1943. Two aircraft (one a fighter) engaged in a 'dog fight', surrounded by clouds., RAF Museum

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02296

This watercolour is a compositional study for the painting 'Fighter Affiliation', commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee in 1943 (see L001-1755; LD 3770). Monnington depicts a scene from the rear perspective of a Halifax bomber aircraft amid clouds, looking towards the gun turret and at an approaching Hurricane fighter aircraft in the distance.

Watercolour in blue tones representing a view from the rear of a Halifax bomber amid cloud formations, looking towards a Hurr, The artist's estate

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00262

This is one of many semi-abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

Icarus by John Armstrong, 1968, oil on canvas. Semi-abstract Icarus figure: orb 'globe head' on a pole 'torso' enveloped by a cloak of grey wings with a haloed pale yellow shadow above, on a brown mound with deeper yellow background, The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Mobile Officers' Mess by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03400

Inscribed: '1944. Mobile Officers' Mess'.

Mobile Officers' Mess: a tented Officers Mess, three trees and bicycle in the foreground, The artist's estate / RAF Museum. / RAF Museum