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Raid on Emden - 31/1/42

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1860

Recording in which the rear gunner of a Handley Page Hampden describes a raid on Emden and the low temperatures experienced during night bombing operations.

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Bringing back a Hampden - Pilot Officer W.B. Brown

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1854

Recording in which Pilot Officer Brown explains how he brought a badly damaged Hampden back to England on one engine following a raid.

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Hampdens (from Aerial Creatures) by Paul Nash, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1757

This (now discoloured) study of Hampden bombers ascending from an airfield is one of 22 ‘Aerial Creatures’ watercolours Paul Nash made for his Official War Artist commission with the Air Ministry.

Hampdens (from Aerial Creatures) by Paul Nash, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Picketed Aircraft by Graham Sutherland, gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1890

Better known for his grotesque and surreal visions of bomb damage, Graham Sutherland had also made gouache paintings of bomber aircraft early in the Second World War. Three were purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC).

Graham Sutherland watercolour and gouache of a camouflaged bomber, Crown copyright (expired) / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01315

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery and the Ministry of Information after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Aerial Creatures’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) for the Air Ministry in 1940.

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

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