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• WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT 1939 - 1945

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Clark (F/O)

  The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF): Members of Bomber Command returning from a mine-laying operation on the enemy coastline are interviewed by a WAAF Intelligence Officer at RAF Lakenheath.

• A Nose section after Repair : Girls fitting supports to take the bomb-aimer's window

  (art) Made by: Shephard, Rupert 1944

  image: A female worker is at work within the inside of the nose of a Lancaster bomber, with another female worker standing and working on the nose from the outside. They are fitting supports around the edge of the hole that will be covered by the bomb...

• Bombing the Channel Ports

  (art) Made by: Ravilious, Eric 1941

  image: the deserted road along the green-banked coastline. In the top right of the composition there are searchlights beaming up into the sky, and a large circular glow of light to one side.

• Wings for Victory Week: Trafalgar Square, London WC2

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1943

  image: a view of a busy Trafalgar Square in London with a Lancaster bomber on display as a huge crowd gathers to mark 'Wings for Victory Week'. The view faces the front of the National Gallery in the background, which has numerous flags of Allied nations...

• In the Wing-shop of a Bomber Factory

  (art) Made by: Ensor, Arthur John 1942

  image: A row of unattached aeroplane wings balanced on a wooden supports extends along the workshop. Female workers wearing overalls work on various parts of the wings.

• A Wellington Bomber awaiting Camouflage

  (art) Made by: Ensor, Arthur John 1942

  image: A woman in overalls stands on a ladder working on the wing of a Wellington Bomber in a factory. In the background, beneath the wing there are several figures in overalls sitting at long work benches.

• Airscrews : the embodiment of energy

  (art) Made by: Ensor, Arthur John 1942

  image: Two wooden stands positioned next to each other hold three large, numbered propellers in a hangar.

• Attaching the Gun Turret Cowlings to a Bomber on the Assembly-line

  (art) Made by: Ensor, Arthur John 1942

  image: A side view of a Wellington bomber under construction in a hangar. A figure in overalls is working on the nose of the plane. In the foreground is a stack of cowlings to be attached to the planes.

• A Wellington Bomber under Construction

  (art) Made by: Ensor, Arthur John 1942

  image: A side view of a Wellington bomber being built by three female workers in a hangar.

• From the Jig to the Engine-run in Twenty-eight Hours : Aircraft BK.557

  (art) Made by: Ensor, Arthur John 1942

  image: A Wellington bomber on the ground in a hangar, with the propellers turning. A small Union Jack flies from the roof of the plane.