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Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02297

In this study for a watercolour (Imperial War Museums collection), Thomas Monnington depicts radar operators charting the position of enemy aircraft on a cathode ray tube (CRT).

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / The artist's estate / RAF

Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Raymond Harris, 17 October 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4804

Interview with Raymond Harris, who was an RAF driver during the 1950s. He served at RAF North Weald, acted as driver for senior officers and travelled in convoy to Germany.

Image pending

ARP Warden by Sydney Kendrick, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00509

This portrait of a male Air Raid Precautions warden is an untypical subject of the painter Sydney Kendrick, better known for his portraits of society figures than for representing ordinary people in everyday situations.

ARP Warden by Sydney Kendrick, oil on canvas, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org | The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Oxford Circus: Peter Robinson by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00813

This drawing was made in September 1940, at the height of the London Blitz, when the Peter Robinson department store in Oxford Street suffered bomb damage.

Anthony Gross watercolour and ink drawing of the Peter Robinson department store during the Blitz, September 1940, © Anthony Gross, RA, CBE / RAF Museum

St. John Ambulance Brigade at Work in a London Underground Station by Doris Zinkeisen, watercolour and gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01160

This work represents one of the many first-aid posts established in London Underground shelters during the Second World War. It shows Civil Defence workers’ combined duties of medical and Air Raid Precautions support.

Doris Zinkeisen watercolour of an underground shelter scene of a first aid post with St John Ambulance nurses, Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum / RAF Museum

Raider on the Moor by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00292

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Raiders’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in 1940

Raider on the Moor by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Rescue Workers by Olga Lehmann, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01543

This illustration by Olga Lehmann shows the aftermath of an air raid in a London neighbourhood. The widespread devastation of the Blitz directly affected Lehmann, whose home and studio in Hampstead was struck and destroyed by a bomb in October 1940.

Rescue Workers by Olga Lehmann, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Direct Hit by Adrian Hill, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01538

This Blitz scene is one of several drawings Adrian Hill made of Second World War subjects, and it might have formed part of a sequence of his ink drawings in the RAF Museum collection.

Adrian Hill ink drawing of a blitzed architectural scene as seen from above, RAF Museum

Night Vigil by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00814

This scene represents a member of the Observer Corps keeping watch from a sandbag look-out post, while barrage balloons are positioned to divert enemy aircraft away from air raid targets.

Night Vigil by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper, © The Estate of Anthony Gross. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum