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The London Blitz – Searching the Rubble by Claude Rowberry, gouache and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9644

This watercolour represents Air Raid Precautions wardens conducting searches for survivors in bombed buildings after an enemy attack. It is one of many made by Lieutenant Colonel Claude Rowberry in the Second World War.

Claude Rowberry watercolour and charcoal drawing of London Blitz ruins, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Rescue Workers by Olga Lehmann, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01543

This illustration by Olga Lehmann shows the aftermath of an air raid in a London neighbourhood. The widespread devastation of the Blitz directly affected Lehmann, whose home and studio in Hampstead was struck and destroyed by a bomb in October 1940.

Rescue Workers by Olga Lehmann, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01315

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery and the Ministry of Information after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Aerial Creatures’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) for the Air Ministry in 1940.

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Group Captain Henry S Scroggs DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1722

This pastel portrait is one of many made by Eric Kennington during his two-year full-time Official War Artist commission with the Air Ministry through the War Artists' Advisory Committee. A renowned portraitist, he was tasked with portraying high-ranking men in the RAF.

Group Captain Henry S Scroggs DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Rear Gunner (Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton) by Jacob Kramer, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00821

Jacob Kramer made this portrait when his Leeds friend Percy Dalton joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Following his promotion to Flight Lieutenant, Dalton died when his Wellington bomber was shot down over France in 1942.

Jacob Kramer lithographic portrait of Rear Gunner Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

The London Blitz – Interior of a Ruined House by Claude Rowberry, gouache and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9645

This gouache painting represents a deceased figure amid the rubble of a bombed house, a scene from the London Blitz witnessed and recorded by Lieutenant Colonel Claude Rowberry.

Claude Rowberry gouache and charcoal drawing of a corpse entwined within a twisted bed in a blitzed home, - the bed posts are either side of the figure and other structural aspects frame the composition, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / Claude Rowberry

Direct Hit by Adrian Hill, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01538

This Blitz scene is one of several drawings Adrian Hill made of Second World War subjects, and it might have formed part of a sequence of his ink drawings in the RAF Museum collection.

Adrian Hill ink drawing of a blitzed architectural scene as seen from above, RAF Museum

Reverse Model for a Gold Medallion Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain by Abram Games, plaster

Fine Art, In Storage, FA20004

Games’ commemorative medallion was cast in 22-carat gold and produced in three sizes to appeal to different collector markets.

Reverse Model for a Gold Medallion Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain by Abram Games, plaster, © Estate of Abram Games / RAF Museum

Royal Observer Corps, Rottingdean by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1900

As an Official War Artist, Roland Vivian Pitchforth undertook many commissions through the War Artists' Advisory Committee during the Second World War. This watercolour shows a Royal Observer Corps observation post. It was commissioned by the Admiralty as part of a series representing naval vessels and subjects related to maritime warfare around the British coastline.

Roland Vivian Pitchforth watercolour of Royal Observer Corps observers at an observation post in Rottingdean, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Studies of Contrails by Rudolf Sauter, watercolour and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00172

These four studies of aircraft contrails come from a body of drawings of the subject which Rudolf Sauter made in October 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Later, he also depicted iridescent watercolours of Fighter Command aircraft flying at dawn.

Rudolf Sauter chalk drawing of fighter aircraft contrails during the Battle of Britain, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum