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Royal Air Force Balloon Command, November 1938-June 1945

Archives, In Storage, B3054

Ring binder of typescript sheets, photographs and memoirs regarding the history and operations of Balloon Command during the Second World War complied by Flight Lieutenant William Forks.

Typescript sheets bound in blue A4 ring-binder., Typescript sheets bound in blue A4 ring-binder.

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01169

This compositional study 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).

Dame Laura Knight watercolour and graphite study for 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' painting, of WAAFs operating a barrage balloon, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum