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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01170

This compositional study representing female balloon operators manoeuvering a barrage balloon 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). Months earlier, in 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

In this watercolour five women (WAAFs) haul on the lines of a barrage balloon above them; trees in the background, RAF Museum / Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 1942

Battle of Britain Class Locomotive Plate, 264 Squadron

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1948-1965, In Storage, 66/Y/31

Locomotive nameplate carried on British Rail Battle of Britain class pacific locomotive 34075 "264 Squadron". The squadron operated the Boulton Paul Defiant during the Battle of Britain

pale blue plate with brass letters reading 264 Squadron, in smaller letters beneath, Battle of Britain Class, RAF Museum

Battle of Britain Class Locomotive Plate, Sir Keith Park

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1947-1965, In Storage, 66/Y/1069

Locomotive nameplate carried on British Rail Battle of Britain class pacific locomotive 34053 "Sir Keith Park". This was the third locomotive named as part of the battle of Britain Class, following Winston Churchill and Lord Dowding, but its naming ceremony followed those of six other engines. The locomotive was formally named by Park, at Brighton station, on 19 September 1947.

Rectangular brass nameplates with raised letters on pale blue background., Royal Air Force Museum

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01171

This compositional study representing a barrage balloon among trees, with female balloon operators below it, 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). In 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VI) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper | FA01171

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01172

This compositional study representing a barrage balloon among trees 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).

Watercolour representing a barrage balloon by trees with figures - of WAAF balloon operators - below it., Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VI) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper, 1942

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04558

This small compositional study of four WAAFs holding the rope of a barrage balloon 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). Months earlier, in 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

Graphite drawing of four WAAF barrage balloon operators pulling the line to tether the balloon, RAF Museum

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

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01173

This compositional study representing a barrage balloon among trees 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). Further studies and the finished painting represent women manoeuvring and tethering a balloon in a landscape just beyond Coventry's city centre.

Watercolour of a barrage balloon, depicted from below with trees in background., Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (IV) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper, 1942

Target folder, operation number GQ. 1818, Dortmund, 1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/80

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of the Gneisenau coking plant in Dortmund, Germany.

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Target folder, operation number GQ. 1629, Privoz, 1941-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/79

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of the synthetic oil refinery, railway marshalling yards and workshops, nitrogen plant and thermal power station at Přívoz, Ostrava, in what is now the Czech Republic, formerly Czechoslovakia.

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Target folder, operation number GQ. 1622, Hamburg, 1941-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/78

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of synthetic oil production plants and storage facilities in Hamburg..

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