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An Airman from Ceylon, 294: Sielman by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00927

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.

Bust length portrait in coloured chalks, positioning turning to the sitter's left, wearing RAF uniform without a cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on upper right corner of composition., RAF Museum

Spanish Refugees Being Fitted with Gasmasks by Olga Lehmann, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01545

This ink drawing is one of several by Lehmann in the collection that document scenes of shelter and bomb damage during the London Blitz (1940–1941).

Spanish Refugees Being Fitted with Gasmasks by Olga Lehmann, ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

An Officer from Ottawa, Canada, 270: AM Breadner by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00924

By the Second World War, Lloyd Samuel Bredner (1894-1952) held an illustrious career, having served as a fighter pilot in the First World War with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in No. 3 (Naval) Squadron, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry, then in the interwar period working as Controller of Civil Aviation in his native Canada. In May 1940 he was appointed to the role of Chief of Air Staff in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal.

Coloured pastel portrait on paper of Air Marshal Breadner from Ottawa - bust length figure, frontally posed, wearing No.1 RAF uniform with Observer's brevet and DFC ribbon, without cap. Head resting on left hand. Small associative landscape drawing of Southern Rhodesia in upper right corner., 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).

Watercolour drawing of a Wellington bomber on an airfield, port front view, with its nose covered. Hills in the landscape's background., Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01170

This compositional study representing female balloon operators manoeuvering a barrage balloon is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums). Months earlier, in 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

In this watercolour five women (WAAFs) haul on the lines of a barrage balloon above them; trees in the background, RAF Museum / Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 1942

Pilot Officer A C Cochrane 'J P' C by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03298

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain.

Pilot Officer A C Cochrane 'J P' C by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Flying Officer Wilfred M Sizer DFC, No. 213 Squadron by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03284

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain.

Flying Officer Wilfred M Sizer DFC, No. 213 Squadron by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal on paper, Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

An Officer from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 281: Flt Lt Taylor by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00925

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.

Bust length portrait in coloured chalks, figure frontally posed, wearing No.1 RAF uniform with Observer's brevet and DFC ribbon, without cap. Head resting on left hand. Small associative landscape drawing of Southern Rhodesia in upper right corner., RAF Museum

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard DFC, DFM by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1649

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC), to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain. It was illustrated in Orde's 1942 book 'Pilots of Fighter Command: Sixty-four Portraits'.

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard DFC, DFM by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper, 1940, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

An Officer from North Auckland, New Zealand, 284: P/O Snowden by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00926

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.

Coloured chalk portrait of Pilot Officer Snowden from Aukland, New Zealand, RAF Museum