Corporal J. D. M. Pearson, GC, WAAF is an oil-on-canvas painting by English artist Laura Knight, created in 1940.

The painting was made in tribute to Corporal Daphne Pearson, who had been involved in the rescuing of a pilot of a crashed airplane the same year.

[1] English corporal Daphne Pearson, was serving in the WAAF at the beginning of World War II, when she was involved in the rescuing of the pilot of an Avro Anson which had crashed in Detling, Kent, in the early hours of 31 May 1940.

Pearson was one the first members of the WAAF to be given an award for her heroic act, first the Empire Gallantry Medal, shortly replaced by the George Cross.

It was found that women in the WAAF at the time weren't allowed to carry weapons, so Knight replaced it by a respirator, which Pearson still holds in a similar position to the original rifle.