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Pilot Officer Step - An RAF officer's experiences down a coal mine

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6400

Recording in which Pilot Officer Step, a Hurricane pilot, explains how and why he came to spend a day working down a coal mine.

Image pending

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham: General View by Olga Lehmann, graphite, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01369

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.

Study for the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham: General View, by Olga Lehmann, graphite, watercolour and ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham: Production Line (i) by Olga Lehmann, graphite, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01370

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.

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham: Production Line (i) by Olga Lehmann, graphite, watercolour and ink on paper, 1943, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04044

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.

Acetylene Welder by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph, 1917. Black and white semi-abstract image of two women in safety goggles, depicted in profile, welding aircraft parts in a vice as sparks come off the apparatus., RAF Museum

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04046

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.

Making an Engine by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph, 1917. Black and white semi-abstract image of male factory operatives in caps and overalls involved in aircraft engine manufacture. Drive belts run down from the building's roof., RAF Museum

Leslie Curtis Glover - a short autobiography

Archives, In Storage, X003-0337/005

Spitfire pilot Plt Off Leslie Glover of No. 26 Squadron was in direct radio communication with Royal Navy warships as he flew from 10,000 ft over Normandy during D-Day.

Image pending

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham: Production Line (ii) by Olga Lehmann, graphite, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01371

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.

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham: Production Line (ii) by Olga Lehmann, graphite, watercolour and ink on paper, 1943, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Raider on the Moor by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00292

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Raiders’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in 1940

Raider on the Moor by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

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

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01378

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

Rear Gun Turret and Tail of a Wellington Bomber by Eric Kennington, pastel and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1764

This is one of many pastel drawings Eric Kennington made for his full-time commission as the Air Ministry’s Official War Artist from 1940–1942.

Eric Kennington pastel drawing of a rear gun turret and tail of a Wellington bomber, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum