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From a Paris Plane by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00564

From a Paris Plane was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, London in October 1930 (cat. no. 29) and published as an edition of 25.

CRW Nevinson lithograph print of a view from a biplane over Paris, 1920s, Copyright expired. / RAF Museum

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.

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.

Excavating a tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum

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

Statue of Winged Victory From a Photograph by Robert Thomas Griffin, graphite on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05560

This drawing represents the Greek Hellenic sculpture, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, from Paris’ Louvre Museum, recovered from the Aegean Sea in 1863.

Robert Thomas Griffin graphite drawing of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, Artist's copyright expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (VIII) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01378

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour mural study of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security, Leamington Spa, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Winged Life (book cover design) by John Minton, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00565

Minton designed this cover for a biography of the pioneering French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who disappeared in 1944 aboard a reconnaissance flight from Corsica.

John Minton book cover illustration for 'The Winged Life', depicting Antoine de Saint-Exupu00e9ry adjacent to an aircraft in flight, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

Icarus III by Michael Ayron, bronze

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA20038

Although the career of Michael Ayrton – painter, sculptor, writer – defied neat categorisation, classical antiquity and its relevance to modern life was a recurring theme in his work.

Icarus III, bronze by Michael Ayrton, 1960, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Kamikaze Planes Crashing on the Deck of HMS Formidable in Japanese Waters, 1945, by Leonard Rosoman, watercolour and wax crayon on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05610

Prior to his appointment as an Official War Artist, Rosoman had worked for the National Fire Service in London during the Blitz. As a ‘fireman artist’ he developed an artistic language that captured the immediacy and drama of events, with bright contrasting colours and expressive painterly markings.

Leonard Rosoman watercolour and crayon drawing of a Kamikaze crash on the desk of HMS Formidable in 1945, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

Crucifixion by Gladys Hynes, oil on cardboard

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA04334

Gladys Hynes painted ‘Crucifixion’ in 1939 as one of several artistic statements against Britain’s declaration of war on Germany.

Gladys Hynes oil on cardboard painting of a pilot with his arms outstretched in the pose of a crucifixion on an aircraft, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum