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Avro Lancaster Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1970, London, Hangar Five, 74/A/12

This Avro Lancaster is a rare survivor of the Second World War and among the most significant aircraft in the RAF Museum’s collection. On average, a Lancaster’s life expectancy was 21 operational sorties, yet this Lancaster flew a total of 137.

Four-engined aircraft with propellers and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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

Australian Airman from "The World Goes By"

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6339

Recording in which an Australian bomber pilot recalls experiences of raids over Germany, and particularly a raid on Geilenkirchen during which his aircraft was damaged and navigator injured.

Image pending

Bomb aiming by Flight Lieutenant Mackintosh

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6356

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Mackintosh, a bomb-aimer, discusses various aspects of his work.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Captain Eric Melrose Brown, 3 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6791

Recorded interview with Eric Brown, who served as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and as a test pilot, working on deck landing and the testing of captured aircraft.

Image pending

Target map for Hamburg, 1942

Library, In Storage, X001-3158

This target map of Hamburg was issued in 1942. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War. On this map shipyards and submarine slips are clearly marked.

Target map for Hamburg, 1942 | X001-3158, © Crown

Recording of an interview with Mr W G Grotenberg, part two, 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/69

Interview with Mr W G Grotenberg, a Dutch resistance fighter who recalls his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner in Holland and Germany.

Image pending

Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942 by Paul Nash, watercolour and gouache on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00985

Famed for his First World War works, in 1940 Nash was invited again to become an Official War Artist for the revived scheme chaired by Sir Kenneth Clark. When Clark’s War Artists’ Advisory Committee assigned him to the Air Ministry Nash made propagandist watercolours of RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft.

Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942. Paul Nash. Watercolour on paper, 1942, The artist's estate