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The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1912

Anthony Gross made over 30 watercolours of the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942 when, as an Official War Artist, he was commissioned to record the Middle East theatre of war.

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper, © RAF Museum / Crown Copyright (expired)

Going to be Decorated: Bomber Command by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1885

In this work, Bomber Command airmen in a hut celebrate news of their awards for distinguished service. After an evening of drinking, they have left behind an empty decanter and glasses, and have playfully climbed to the rafters of the building.

Going to be Decorated: Bomber Command by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

A.C.1 J.D.S Gordonu, RAF Halton by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas

Fine Art, 1943, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1678

600,000 African servicemen supported the Allies in the Second World War.

A.C.1 J.D.S Gordonu, RAF Halton by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Pegu Airstrip: Afternoon Storm by Thomas Hennell, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1859

After Eric Ravilious’ death, Hennell, an esteemed watercolourist, replaced him in an Official War Artist's Admiralty assignment to Iceland. Then from May 1945 he undertook a six-month commission with the Air Ministry in India and Burma (now Myanmar), sending watercolours to London ‘via the hand of a squadron leader’.

Pegu Airstrip: Afternoon Storm by Thomas Hennell, graphite and watercolour on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1803

Cundall produced a series of panoramic views of Admiralty and Air Ministry subjects for his Official War Artist commissions in the Second World War. In this work a large cohort of RAF wireless operators undergo initial training to decipher Morse Code.

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1755

This painting represents a Fighter Affiliation exercise in which the crew of a Halifax bomber were trained to out-manoeuvre a naturally faster and more agile Hurricane fighter. The exercise was designed to emulate the real-life situations faced by bomber crew pursued by enemy fighters.

Fighter affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane. Walter T. Monnington. Oil on canvas, © RAF Museum

Ferry Pilots by Ethel Gabain, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1883

Ethel Gabain produced two Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) subjects for her Official War Artist commission about ‘women doing men’s work in wartime’. In this work she represents female pilots departing from Hatfield aerodrome in a Tiger Moth.

Ferry Pilots by Ethel Gabain, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

The Guard Room at RAF Seletar, Singapore, 1939

Photographs, In Storage, P024668

RAF Seletar in Singapore opened in 1928. The motto of the station was, 'We Watch All Around.'

Black and white photograph of a building at RAF Seletar in Singapore, Out of copyright

Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg, charcoal on paper.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1747

In April 1942, for his Official War Artist commission, David Bomberg spent a fortnight 90 feet underground in the vast bomb store of RAF Fauld, Burton-on-Trent, where he saw bombs being loaded on to racks, ready for use.

Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg. Charcoal on paper., Crown copyright (expired).

Ground Operational Exercise (GROPE) by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1756

Leslie Cole’s painting represents a ground operational exercise or 'GROPE' – a form of synthetic training for air crew which, to test concentration, simulated the demanding navigational conditions of a bombing raid.

Ground Operational Exercise, oil on canvas, by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas,1943, Crown copyright: expired.

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