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This preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling, a Flight Engineer, is one of many Knight made for the painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums - LD3834), in which she represented a Stirling bomber crew at RAF Mildenhall preparing for flight. In the oil painting Quadling’s extended hand – loosely sketched in this drawing – operates a switch on the Flight Engineer’s panel. As Britain’s most celebrated female artist at the time, Knight received numerous short-term Official War Artist commissions. However, she was overlooked for the long-term salaried contracts her male peers received. Although this was her only representation of a military offensive, Knight’s crew portrait became an iconic image of Bomber Command propaganda.
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
London
Title
Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer
Medium
watercolour & charcoal on paper
Accession number
FA01176
Acquisition method
bequeathed by the artist
Work type
Watercolour
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
Grahame Park Way, London, Greater London NW9 5LL England
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