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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

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

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

This is one of two paintings representing 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, enabling them to practice positioning their turrets and gunsights, and make evasive manoeuvres, in response to attacks from challenging angles. This painting's companion picture is in the collection of Imperial War Museums (LD 3769).

Fighter affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Icarus Pinwheel by Michael Ayrton, graphite on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00778

Michael Ayrton represents Icarus as he reaches the zenith of flight – too close to the sun. A similar composition to this drawing was later included in his 1962 illustrated novel, ‘The Testament of Daedalus’.

Icarus Pinwheel by Michael Ayrton, graphite on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

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

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1912

Anthony Gross made over 30 watercolours of the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942 when, as an Official War Artist, he was commissioned to record the Middle East theatre of war.

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper, © RAF Museum / Crown Copyright (expired)

Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (VII) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01377

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security, Leamington Spa, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Study of Camouflage School Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment by Anne Newland, ink on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01387

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland ink drawing of artists and designers working in the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, Leamington Spa, Consult Collection Curator before use. / 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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Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (V) by Anne Newland

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01381

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / 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