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Recording in which members of a Lancaster crew comment on a daylight raid, 14 August 1944

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/74

BBC despatch in which each member of a Lancaster crew comments briefly on a daylight raid from which they have just returned.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Joanna Salter, 4 July 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7346

Interview with Jo Salter, who served as a pilot in Tornado GR1 aircraft, including operations over Iraq during the 1990s. She was later an instructor on the Hawk training aircraft.

Image pending

Nose art on RAF Lancaster Mk I W4964 'Johnny Walker' of No. 9 Squadron, 1944

Photographs, In Storage, P032501

Painting cartoons and images on aircraft has long been a popular pastime for aircrew. In the Second World War it was a regular feature particularly for RAF Bomber Command crews.

Black and white photograph of nose section of a Lancaster bomber showing nose art and successfully completed bombing missions, © RAF Museum

Group of airmen with 109 Squadron De Havilland Mosquito B IV DZ319 which features an extensive bomb log, circa 1944

Photographs, In Storage, P032301

The De Havilland Mosquito was one of the truly outstanding aircraft to emerge during the Second World War. Combining speed, long range and the ability to operate at high altitudes, the Mosquito excelled in the photo reconnaissance, bomber, night fighter and fighter-bomber roles.

Black and white photograph of three aircrew standing in front of a parked aircraft, with an art work painted on the nose

The Deep Blue Sky

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5625

Film on the development of RAF jet aircraft in the 1940s and 1950s, featuring various scenes of Hunter and Javelin fighter aircraft and Canberra, Valiant, Victor and Vulcan bomber aircraft.

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The Principle of the Low-Level Bomb Sight Mk. III

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5615

Training film which explains the principle of the low-level bomb sight Mk.III, intended for use in aiming bombs from a low-flying bomber aircraft. The film makes use of animated illustrations.

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Recorded interview with Frank Roe, 24 July 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6753

Recorded interview with Frank Roe, who worked as an engineer for the English Electric company and British Aircraft Corporation on the development of Canberra, Lightning, TSR2, Jaguar and Tornado aircraft.

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Hampdens (from Aerial Creatures) by Paul Nash, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1757

This (now discoloured) study of Hampden bombers ascending from an airfield is one of 22 ‘Aerial Creatures’ watercolours Paul Nash made for his Official War Artist commission with the Air Ministry.

Hampdens (from Aerial Creatures) by Paul Nash, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Picketed Aircraft by Graham Sutherland, gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1890

Better known for his grotesque and surreal visions of bomb damage, Graham Sutherland had also made gouache paintings of bomber aircraft early in the Second World War. Three were purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC).

Graham Sutherland watercolour and gouache of a camouflaged bomber, Crown copyright (expired) / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942 by Paul Nash, watercolour and gouache on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00985

Famed for his First World War works, in 1940 Nash was invited again to become an Official War Artist for the revived scheme chaired by Sir Kenneth Clark. When Clark’s War Artists’ Advisory Committee assigned him to the Air Ministry Nash made propagandist watercolours of RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft.

Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942. Paul Nash. Watercolour on paper, 1942, The artist's estate