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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.

Colour lithograph after original painting representing a dramatic pattern of contrails in blue sky - white contrails and formations of RAF aircraft representing Fighter Command's defence of Britain and smokey contrails the defeat of the enemy over the English Channel, Crown copyright: expired. / 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).

Watercolour drawing of a Wellington bomber on an airfield, port front view, with its nose covered. Hills in the landscape's background., Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

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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Defensive Radio Warfare (Radar Aspects) / Anti-Jamming Procedures at Control Stations - Recognition of jamming signals

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3684

Film in which several different methods of radar jamming are described and illustrated for the benefit of RAF radar operators. This includes ‘Window’ and simple, amplitude-modulated, frequency-modulated and pulse-modulated methods.

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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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The first one thousand - A radio impression of the raid on Cologne, May 30-31, 1942

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1878

Incomplete dramatised account of the first thousand bomber raid, on Cologne in May 1942. The recording covers planning at Bomber Command headquarters, preparations on one station and the raid itself.

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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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