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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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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

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01380

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

Entering the Ballonet by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1874

This drawing of women testing a balloon for leakage is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings by Robert Austin, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee with RAF Balloon Command.

Robert Austin drawing of WAAFs in Balloon Command with a barrage balloon, one of whom enters the ballonet, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1761

This watercolour is part of ‘Aerial Creatures’, the second exhibited series of work by Paul Nash on Air Ministry subjects commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. The composition is based upon Nash's photograph of a partially covered Wellington bomber which he took when visiting an airfield (Tate Collection).

Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01314

This print published by the National Gallery was lithographically produced at the Curwen Press after Paul Nash's major oil painting, 'The Battle of Britain' (1941, Imperial War Museums). This was one of four ambitious, large-scale war pictures Nash painted for the Ministry of Information (MOI) as an Official War Artist.

The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph, 1941, published by the National Gallery, Crown copyright: expired.

Squadron Leader Tuck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1945

Squadron Leader Tuck remembers shooting down a Junkers 88 and a Messerschmitt 109 before going on to stress the importance of ground crews and the necessity for effective teamwork.

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Australian Night Fighter - Squadron Leader D.F.B. Sheen DFC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6355

Recording in which Squadron Leader Sheen describes a night engagement in which he shot down a Junkers 88 and a daylight incident in which he was shot down by a Messerschmitt 109.

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Flying Officer Simmons - Liberator plane

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6374

Recording in which Flying Officer Simmons, a navigator, describes the first flight of a Consolidated Liberator from North America to the United Kingdom.

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