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Dover air battle - Robin Duff

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6447

Robin Duff describes the scene as Messerschmitt 109s attack barrage balloons around Dover. Messerschmitts are engaged by anti-aircraft guns and fighters, several crash and sound effects are heard.

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Study: In for Repairs by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01174

This watercolour study by Dame Laura Knight is a preparatory drawing for the painting 'In for Repairs' (1942, Harris Museum and Library) that shows Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) operators repairing a damaged barrage balloon at RAF Wythall in Birmingham.

Study: In for Repairs by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Lacing the Valise of a New Balloon by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1877

In this drawing, Robert Austin illustrates women placing a new barrage balloon into a bag for safe storage. It is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings he was commissioned to produce for the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC). with RAF Balloon Command.

Charcoal study of a group of women in overalls, labouring together to lace up a large fabric bag, © RAF Museum

1928 RAF Pageant

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/64/3

Footage of the 1928 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes flypasts, aerobatics, a low-flying Avro 504, the destruction of a balloon and an attack on structures on the airfield.

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Royal Air Force Balloon Command, November 1938-June 1945

Archives, In Storage, B3054

Ring binder of typescript sheets, photographs and memoirs regarding the history and operations of Balloon Command during the Second World War complied by Flight Lieutenant William Forks.

Typescript sheets bound in blue A4 ring-binder., Typescript sheets bound in blue A4 ring-binder.

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (III) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01175

Dame Laura Knight’s study is part of a body of expressive drawings that explored the barrage balloon. She made these in preparation for a painting commissioned by the War Office to promote the recruitment of female operators for RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (III) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Royal Air Force Display Hendon, 25 June 1932

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/66/8

Footage of the 1932 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes formation aerobatics, a display by Gugnunc, autogyro and Pterodactyl experimental aircraft and the destruction of a large observation balloon.

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Royal Air Force Display, Hendon, 27 June 1931

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC90/5

Film in which Westland Wapiti aircraft of 600 Squadron are seen preparing for the 1931 RAF Display at Hendon. Crowds of people and various aircraft are seen during the display.

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Hendon Air Display, 1928

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/35

Various RAF aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground at the 1928 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon. Demonstrations include aerobatics and attacks on ground targets.

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Night Vigil by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00814

This scene represents a member of the Observer Corps keeping watch from a sandbag look-out post, while barrage balloons are positioned to divert enemy aircraft away from air raid targets.

Night Vigil by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper, © The Estate of Anthony Gross. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum