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Winged Figure III by Elisabeth Frink, bronze

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA20039

From her student days of the 1950s, to the late 1960s, Frink sculpted various winged figures which resembled men and birds as hybrid creatures. These were influenced by her childhood experiences of the Second World War.

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Winged Figure: Icarus by John Armstrong, tempera on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00261

This is one of many abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

John Armstrong tempera painting of Icarus - an abstract work resembling a rod topped with a cratered orb, with two skeletal wings., The Estate of John Armstrong / Bridgeman Images. / RAF Museum

Squadron Leader Reginald Sawrey-Cookson DFC, DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1718

This pastel portrait is one of many made by Eric Kennington during his two-year full-time Official War Artist commission with the Air Ministry through the War Artists' Advisory Committee. A renowned portraitist, he was tasked with portraying high-ranking men in the RAF.

Squadron Leader Reginald Sawrey-Cookson DFC, DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Communications Room by Elva Blacker, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04234

This watercolour shows personnel at work in the Communications Room at RAF Biggin Hill, a station that played a key role in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Elva Blacker watercolour of an RAF communications room, © Estate of Elva Blacker, 2020 / 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

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01169

This compositional study is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Dame Laura Knight watercolour and graphite study for 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' painting, of WAAFs operating a barrage balloon, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Veteran Mechanic by Robert Austin, charcoal and pastel on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1903

From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD607. On loan from the RAF Air Historical Branch (MOD).

Robert Austin pastel drawing of a veteran mechanic, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

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.

A Group of Polish Pilots by Patrick Procktor, oil on canvas, The Estate of Patrick Procktor and the Redfern Gallery, London. / RAF Museum

Winged Figure by Elisabeth Frink, bronze

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA20048

From her student days of the 1950s, to the late 1960s, Frink sculpted various winged figures which resembled men and birds as hybrid creatures. These were influenced by her childhood experiences of the Second World War.

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It Happened to Us! by Carel Weight, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00793

After writing to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in December 1939, asking to become an Official War Artist, Carel Weight received a commission to represent ‘bombing in a suburban district with people still going about their daily affairs’.

Carel Weight painting of Wimbledon trolley bus pursued by a Luftwaffe fighter and bomber aircraft, © The Estate of Carel Weight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

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