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• A Command Post, H.A.A. : Royal Canadian Artillery

  (art) Made by: Lamb, Henry (MC) (RA) 1942

  image: an anti-aircraft battery. On the left is a soldier keeping look out. On the right three other soldiers lean against the brick walls of the battery. Behind them a large piece of equipment stands covered in a green tarpaulin. An anti-aircraft gun...

• In the Deck Cabin of HMS Campeador V : left to right : Commander C H Davey, OBE, RN ; Surgeon Rear-Admiral James R Muir, RN (serving as a lieutenant, RNVR) ; Lieutenant Charles Turner, RNVR

  (art) Made by: Bone, Muirhead

  image: A group portrait of three naval officers in uniform sitting around a table. One is sitting in a chair with his hands clasped. A second is sitting on a window seat on the other side of the table, looking directly at the viewer. A third officer is...

• A New Runway, Lee-on-Solent

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

  image: The bottom half of the composition is dominated by the runway, lined by mounds of earth dotted along either side. There are vehicles and figures in the central space who appear to be laying tarmac over the concrete surface of the runway. Above,...

• An Aeroplane, Lee-on-Solent

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

  image: three Kingfisher seaplanes stand in an aerodrome consisting of corrugated metal hangars painted with camouflage patterns.

• An AA Battery : River Medway

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

  image: a view looking down on several anti-aircraft guns, including two Bofors guns, in gun emplacements with a few soldiers moving around in between the maze of walls in the battery. The battery is positioned on the coast with the sea and a small dock...

• A Swordfish Aircraft Getting Ready to Take Off

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

  image: A grey-coloured Swordfish sitting on a runway, facing away from the artist. Several figures stand close to the plane, each wearing a yellow parachute jacket over a flying suit. Light shines in from the right of the composition casting shadows on...

• A Royal Observer Corps Post, Rottingdean

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1944

  image: a view looking down on two observers, one wearing headphones, facing upwards towards the sky with binoculars and a aircraft range finder. They stand in a small brick enclosure on a hillside near the coast.

• Sub-Lieutenant (A) E F Lee, DSO, RN

  (art) Made by: Dring, William (RA) 1942

  image: A three-quarter length portrait of the Sub-Lieutenant in uniform with his arms crossed. There is a plane in the background behind him.

• Mrs E V Welby : Superintendent WRNS, Plymouth

  (art) Made by: Dring, William (RA) 1942

  image: Portrait of Mrs E V Welby in uniform sitting at a desk. She is reading a letter. On the table in front of her are two black telephones.

• The Breech of a Coastal Defence Gun

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: Close-up of the breech of a coastal defence gun at an outpost. A gunner stands close by observing the scene through a telescope. On the right, outside the outpost, a soldier keeps guard overlooking the sea in the distance.