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A.C.1 J.D.S Gordonu, RAF Halton by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas

Fine Art, 1943, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1678

600,000 African servicemen supported the Allies in the Second World War.

A.C.1 J.D.S Gordonu, RAF Halton by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809

During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown Copyright (expired) / RAF Museum

The Last of the Few: John Hemingway by Alistair Morrison, digital photograph, inkjet-printed onto Hahnemuhle paper

Fine Art, 2023, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-9477

Alistair Morrison photographed Group Captain John Allman ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC AE (17 July 1919 - 17 March 2025) in 2023, at age 104, honouring him as the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot.

The Last of the Few: John Hemingway by Alistair Morrison, digital photograph, inkjet-printed onto Hahnemuhle paper, 2024. In this picture the then 104-year-old veteran, Hemingway, is seated in a large green chair, wearing his RAF uniform and medals, adjacent to a table upon which black and white photographs of his Second World War service sit, together with his open log book. He confronts the viewer with a sharp, intense gaze., RAF Museum

Aircraft Fuselage and Wind Tunnel by Barbara Jones, watercolour and graphite on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA02454

This is one of three watercolours Barbara Jones painted of wind tunnel testing at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough.

Barbara Jones watercolour of a Fairey Battle Mk1 aircraft being modified with a Napier Sabre engine for wind tunnel testing, © The Estate of Barbara Jones. / 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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A New Brand of Brilliance (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05399

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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Will Man Outgrow the Earth? (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05372

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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RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1803

Cundall produced a series of panoramic views of Admiralty and Air Ministry subjects for his Official War Artist commissions in the Second World War. In this work a large cohort of RAF wireless operators undergo initial training to decipher Morse Code.

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Test House by Terence Cuneo, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05567

Painted in June 1944.

The Test House by Terence Cuneo - painting of a wind-tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1791

After his first assignment with the Admiralty, from February 1942 Official War Artist Eric Ravilious worked on Air Ministry subjects.

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired RAF Museum / RAF Museum