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Excavating Tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1834
After selling numerous Home Front pictures to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, Cole was appointed an Official War Artist. For his first commission in 1943 he recorded the German Siege of Malta in its last months.
Brewster Buffalo Mk. IIs of 243 Squadron in formation flight over Singapore immediately prior to its capture by the Japanese, 2 February 1942
Photographs, In Storage, P007759
This photograph shows some of the last serviceable aircraft the RAF was capable of fielding during the disastrous campaign in Malaya and Singapore of 1941-42.
Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809
During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.
Parker Pen with Stand used by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1972, In Storage, 1993/0371/C
This writing set consisting of a pen, magnetic pen holder and onyx stone base was used by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II to sign the visitors book during the opening of the of the Royal Air Force Museum on 15 November 1972.
View of main entrance to RAF Seletar, Singapore, 1939
Photographs, In Storage, P024667
RAF Seletar in Singapore opened in 1928. The motto of the station was, 'We Watch All Around.'
Flight Lieutenant David Lord in the fuselage of a Douglas Dakota during a supply drop over Burma, 1943
Photographs, In Storage, P004599
David Lord was a pilot in the RAF in the Second World War. He flew on operations in North Africa, India, Burma and Holland, where he was killed during Operation Market Garden on 19 September 1944.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945-1983, In Storage, 83/A/1374
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress dropped more bombs than any other US aircraft in the Second World War, and was the main bomber of the United States Army Air Forces in Europe in the Second World War.
British Aircraft Corporation TSR.2 XR220
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1965-1966, Cosford, Hangar Two, 84/A/1171
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 strike and reconnaissance aircraft was one of the most exciting and controversial British combat aircraft designs of the late 1950s and early 60s. But due to rising costs and inter-service disagreements saw the programme cancelled entirely.
A Group of Polish Pilots by Patrick Procktor, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05630
In 1964 Patrick Procktor was one of the 'New Generation' of exciting young artists, celebrated in the Whitechapel Art Gallery’s exhibition of that title. The exhibition also championed the work of his friend David Hockney, and Bridget Riley and Patrick Caulfield, among others. Although he was respected in the 1960s art scene, he did not follow dominant artworld trends, choosing conventional genres including portraiture and travel landscapes. Prockor, who was gay, mostly painted men.
Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, graphite on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-7550
A versatile painter, illustrator and designer, Olga Lehmann was one of few wartime artists who received steady commissions outside of the Official War Artists’ scheme.
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