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Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer Alexander Quadling by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01199

This detailed preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling, a Flight Engineer, is one of many large drawings Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums), in which she represented a Stirling bomber crew at RAF Mildenhall preparing for flight.

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer Alexander Quadling by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper, 1943, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Study for 'Take Off': Stirling Bomber Cockpit by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01208

This detailed study represents the interior of a Stirling Bomber aircraft. It is one of many preparatory works, drawn on large sheets of paper, which Dame Laura Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums).

Study for 'Take Off': Stirling Bomber Cockpit by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 1943, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Study for ‘Take Off’: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01177

This detailed compositional drawing represents a Bomber Command crew in a Stirling cockpit. It is one of many preparatory works, drawn on large sheets of paper, which Dame Laura Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums).

Study for u2018Take Offu2019: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Recording of a conversation between Mr Jack Bruce, Squadron Leader Jackson Dymond and Mr J G Richardson, 17 November 1966

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/38

Conversation with J G Richardson, who served in the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Mr Walter ‘Geordie’ Pringle, 27 January 1971

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/36

Interview with Walter ‘Geordie’ Pringle, who served as a fabric worker in the RAF before and during the Second World War, and later worked at the RAF Museum.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Captain R C S Reid, 3 July 1979

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/37

Interview by Squadron Leader Jackson Dymond and Ian Scott-Hill with Captain R C S Reid, who worked as a civilian airline pilot before, during and after the Second World War.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Mr R W Potts, 10 April 1974

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/35

Interview with Mr R W Potts, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and RAF as a crewman in the airship R.33.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, part one, 17 November 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/33

Interview with Sir Kenneth Porter, who trained at Halton and Cranwell and served in 2 Squadron before injury ended flying career. He was then a signals officer.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Air Commodore John Oliver, 29 April 1982

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/31

Interview with Air Commodore John Oliver, who served as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and RAF during the First World War.

Image pending

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