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Night fighter pilot - Wing Commander Max Aitken

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1953

Recording in which Wing Commander Max Aitken comments on various aspects of night-fighter operations.

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The Lightning by Humphrey Ocean, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00991

A decade after his musical explorations with singer Ian Dury’s band Kilburn and the High Roads, painter Humphrey Ocean was commissioned by the RAF Museum to represent the English Electric Lightning F6 aircraft at RAF Binbrook just before its withdrawal from service.

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Assembling Parts (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04045

Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.

Assembling Parts by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph, 1917. Black and white, semi-abstract image of male and female factory workers in overalls assembling a First World War biplane., RAF Museum

Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, oil on canvas

Fine Art, FA01375

A versatile painter, illustrator and designer, Olga Lehmann was one of few wartime artists who received steady commissions outside of the Official War Artists’ scheme.

Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, oil on canvas, 1943, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Producing Model Buildings in the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment by Anne Newland, ink on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01384

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland ink drawing of artists and designers making building models in the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, Leamington Spa, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

Mural Study of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (III) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01376

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (VII) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01377

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security, Leamington Spa, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (V) by Anne Newland

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01381

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1791

After his first assignment with the Admiralty, from February 1942 Official War Artist Eric Ravilious worked on Air Ministry subjects.

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Study of Camouflage School Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment by Anne Newland, ink on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01387

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland ink drawing of artists and designers working in the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, Leamington Spa, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum