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Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 81/O/213
Single forward firing machine gun positioned on top of the forward fuselage of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft to fire through the propeller arc; operated by the pilot. Fitted with cooling jacket and padded windscreen mount at breech end. Cocking lever on right hand side.
Flying Jacket of Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 83/U/1061
Fur lined leather flying jacket with full length zip opening, zipped cuffs and wide fall collar with strap for when worn in the up position. Collar has started to detach and tear on the right arm and left armpit.
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Aircraft & Exhibits, Array, X008-8396
Items from first aid kit carried in Dornier Do 17 recovered from Goodwin Sands in 2013. Kit contains: 3 x cannula packets 3 x needle packets 1 x syringe package and syringe 1 x syringe package (empty) 2 x caffein ampules 5 x morphine ampules 2 x cardiazol ampules 2 x lobelin ampules
Uniform Brevet of a Pilot
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/U/1214
On a patch of black melton cut to shape, RAF in monogram, within a wreath crowned with a King's crown. From the mid point of the wreath on either side extend horizontal wings. Crown, monogram and wings in off-white embroidery, wreath brown. Flat type. With a pair of press studs sewn to reverse.
Head Up Display (HUD) unit
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X006-1303
First Head Up Display (HUD) design fitted to the BAe E.A.P. during its initial phases of flying. Based around, but adapted from an F-16 LANTIRN type. Main display screen and oval in shape and is supported by a tie bar on each side that extend away from the control panel end.
Medal Bar of Squadron Leader Alfred Whitby
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-6494
Distinguished Flying Medal, edge engraved 580256 SGT. A. WHITBY. R.A.F. 1939-1945 Star with BATTLE OF BRITAIN clasp Air Crew Europe Star with FRANCE AND GERMANY clasp Burma Star Defence Medal War Medal 1939-1945 with Mention in Despatches General Service 1918-1962 (ERII) edge impressed SQN. LDR. A. WHITBY. R.A.F. with CYPRUS clasp Overlapping, suspended.
Safety Type, Private Purchase
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X006-8944/027
Textured metal handle up with shaving head. Angular metal head with single large hole in lower face and a series of smaller holes on the curved area. A razor blade sits on top, the rear of which is in a special spring loaded section that allows it to be pulled back. The Boots logo is on the lever to pull back the blade.
Identity Disc Group, JAVA POW,Thomas
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-9403
Group of personal possessions as worn round neck of Cpl Thomas Walter Fisher when he was a prisoner of the Japanese 1942-45. Consists of standard RAF paper identity disc, rectangular aluminium identity tag as issued by Japanese, small aluminium cross, and heart shaped piece of perspex with two names inscribed. Held together with original looped length of string.
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Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 81/M/214
Gun mounted in the observer's cockpit of the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. Fitted with a ring and bead sight. The normal pistol grip is supplemented with a stirrup type steadying handle at the rear instead of a butt. Fitted with a reproduction of a 97 round magazine. The gun itself is made up of original but 'falsified' parts, to quote the original accession register.
Berlin Airlift Commemorative Plate
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1998/0224/C
Deep, round dish painted creamy white with a buff glaze which has hand painted decoration. Lettering around the rim is '1948 The Greatest Bridge In The World Wunstorf- Berlin - Wunstorf' Illustrated with stream of aircraft flying between churches and houses representing Wunstorf and Brandenberg gate representing Berlin, with RAF crest below, all hand painted. 'Handgenzalt 75' on base. Some slight chipping on edge of rim.