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This is one of three watercolours Barbara Jones painted of wind tunnel testing at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. It represents an obsolete Fairey Battle Mk 1 awaiting modification. A Napier Sabre engine is about to be fitted to the fuselage and tested for the effects of wind drag. The engine was to be used for Hawker Typhoon aircraft, introduced a few months later. Jones, who participated in the wartime Recording Britain watercolour scheme, became an expert in British folk art. Her writings and exhibitions about ‘the popular arts’ went on to influence the work of British Pop artists, including Eduardo Paolozzi.

Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon

London

Title

Aircraft Fuselage and Wind Tunnel

Date

1941

Medium

watercolour & graphite on paper

Accession number

FA02454

Work type

Watercolour

Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon

Grahame Park Way, London, Greater London NW9 5LL England

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Artist or maker

Barbara Jones

1912–1978

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