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Combat Report of No. 145 Squadron for 8 September 1940
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/060/007
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Combat reports of No. 238 Squadron for 10 October 1940
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/092/037
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Advance intelligence report of No. 242 Squadron for 30 July 1940
Archives, X008-5400/094/034
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Combat Report of No. 3 Squadron for 25 July 1940
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/003/004
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Combat Report of No. 19 Squadron for 9, 15 and 18 September 1940
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/007/002
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Combat Report of No. 247 Squadron for 28 October 1940.
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/096/001
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Study: Southern England, 1944. Spitfires Attacking Flying Bombs by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9848
Made in preparation for a finished painting (IWM Collection LD 4589), this compositional sketch represents spitfires flying at low altitude over tree-lined countryside in Southern England, leaving white contrails in the sky. With ink, Monnington paints a washline mount around the drawing.
Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper
Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9847
This sketch is one of several made in preparation for the painting 'Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane', commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee in 1943 (see L001-1755; LD 3770). A Fighter Affiliation exercise involved training bomber crews (in aircraft such as Halifaxes) to out-manoeuvre faster and more agile fighter aircraft, to prepare them for real-life situations of pursuit from enemy fighters. It enabled crews to practice positioning their turrets and gunsights, and make evasive manoeuvres, in response to attacks from challenging angles.
Battle of Britain Class Locomotive Plate, Fighter Command
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1947-1966, In Storage, 70/Y/334
This locomotive was formally named at Waterloo Station by Sir James Robb on 11 September 1947, along with the locomotives Winston Churchill and Lord Dowding. It was the standby engine for Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral train in January 1965 with it being held in steam at Staines in the event it was required.
Combat report of No. 46 Squadron for 22 July 1940
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/016/017
This Fighter Command Combat Report relates to 22 July 1940. Its formal layout conveys a lot of detail and includes a general report which provides an account of an engagement with enemy aircraft.
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