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A.C.1 J.D.S Gordonu, RAF Halton by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas

Fine Art, 1943, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1678

600,000 African servicemen supported the Allies in the Second World War.

A.C.1 J.D.S Gordonu, RAF Halton by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Section Officer Austen: WAAF meteorologist by Evelyn Dunbar, oil on canvas

Fine Art, 1944, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1651

Mural painter Evelyn Dunbar was the only female Official War Artist of the Second World War commissioned on a full time salary. Few female artists were commissioned even on a short-term basis and the majority of women's artworks accepted for the War Artists' Advisory Committee's (WAAC) scheme were selectively purchased. Out of 405 participating artists, only 52 were women (13 percent).

WAAF officer leaning over a drawing board, plotting a weather onto a map. Curled up tracing paper sits on the map, Crown copyright: expired. / Crown copyright: expired

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809

During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown Copyright (expired) / RAF Museum

The Last of the Few: John Hemingway by Alistair Morrison, digital photograph, inkjet-printed onto Hahnemuhle paper

Fine Art, 2023, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-9477

Alistair Morrison photographed Group Captain John Allman ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC AE (17 July 1919 - 17 March 2025) in 2023, at age 104, honouring him as the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot.

The Last of the Few: John Hemingway by Alistair Morrison, digital photograph, inkjet-printed onto Hahnemuhle paper, 2024. In this picture the then 104-year-old veteran, Hemingway, is seated in a large green chair, wearing his RAF uniform and medals, adjacent to a table upon which black and white photographs of his Second World War service sit, together with his open log book. He confronts the viewer with a sharp, intense gaze., RAF Museum

Merry Christmas with T-1 Space Suits (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05398

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

Eduardo Paolozzi print from 'Bunk' portfolio - American T-1 Space suit and children's Space suit, Consult Collection Curator before use. / Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, licensed by DACS.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Airport (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05406

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

Eduardo Paolozzi print from his 'Bunk' portfolio - people on an aviation-themed float at a fair, with a montaged car and a snail, Consult Collection Curator before use. / Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, licensed by DACS 2022

Hawker Harrier by Bryan Organ, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05592

Two years after the RAF Museum opened to visitors, it commissioned Bryan Organ, known for his depictions of famous people, to paint a ‘portrait’ of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier aircraft. Several years later, he also drew the Museum’s founding Director, Dr John Tanner.

Hawker Harrier by Bryan Organ, oil on canvas, Bryan Organ and the Redfern Gallery / RAF Museum

The Test House by Terence Cuneo, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05567

Painted in June 1944.

The Test House by Terence Cuneo - painting of a wind-tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1803

Cundall produced a series of panoramic views of Admiralty and Air Ministry subjects for his Official War Artist commissions in the Second World War. In this work a large cohort of RAF wireless operators undergo initial training to decipher Morse Code.

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1912

Anthony Gross made over 30 watercolours of the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942 when, as an Official War Artist, he was commissioned to record the Middle East theatre of war.

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper, © RAF Museum / Crown Copyright (expired)