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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 chalk on paper, Artist copyright expired / RAF Museum / u00a9 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

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

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