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Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2414

Six point bronze star with articulated ring suspender. Obverse - within a strap bearing THE AFRICA STAR, GRI VI, crowned. Reverse - plain. Ribbon - pale yellow with central red stripe, narrow dark blue stripe to left, pale blue to right. With clasp NORTH AFRICA 1942-43.

Car, 4 x 2, Vanguard Series 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 72/V/1645

Standard large commercial saloon car restored to represent an RAF vehicle. Pronounced rear body curve with integral boot and chrome wheel discs and front and rear bumpers and leather bench seats in the saloon front and rear.

Ladder, Cockpit

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X003-2345

Six-rung alloy cockpit access ladder for HS Buccaneer twin jet folding wing bomber aircraft. Ladder painted dark green overall; one leg longer than the other at the base to act as a grip. Retractable triangular frame at rear to support ladder against side of fuselage nose.

Projector Searchlight 90CM Mark VI

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 79/O/554

Large diameter searchlight mounted on pivoting, rotating mount, itself mounted on small trailer chassis with four small tracked wheel units, one per corner, and tubular framed towing arm and long horizontally mounted operating arm. Painted dark green overall. See historical notes.

Other Ranks, Field Service Cap, 1936 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 71/U/37

Blue-grey, serge folding cap with turned up front peak and band, folded and turned up, secured by hooks at sides and fastening with two very small gilt metal buttons at front. On front, left side the Airmen's gilding metal cap badge.

RAF, Course-Setting, Mk. IX A*

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 79/I/2291

Large matt black painted structure containing a compass bowl and various complex adjustments, inc, directional calculator at the rear, wind gauge bar, auxiliary drift bar and terminal velocity gauge. Fitted inside a purpose built storage case with 12 spare scales for various bomb capacities.

Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2418

Circular, silver with scrolled bar suspender. Obverse - Monarch's profile, left side with his/her title round rim. Reverse - A crowned eagle. Round rim FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT Ribbon - dark blue and maroon with white edges. The edge impressed 533018 F. SGT.E.G. REEVES. R.A.F. ERII.

Flak Binoculars and tripod

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 69/I/508

Very large/heavy (re-painted matt green) steel body with two angled viewing lenses, a black rubber shield and a folding telescope at rear. Two large lenses under a peak at the front with a view adjusting knob and carrying handle. Fitted with a (stand) locating shoe underneath.

Mk XIV Bombsight, Sighting Head and Control Panel

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/I/58

Black crackle painted cylinder shaped gyro unit bolted in an anti-vibration frame and fitted with an optical sighting head. All mounted onto a large base fitted with electrical lead with socket and adjustable (airframe) bracket. Complete with switch box.

Tirpitz Bulkhead

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X002-9495

Upper portion of solid steel ship's bulkhead. Line of rivet holes around the edge; two reinforcing ridges at rear; curved cut-out at base- for propeller shaft to pass through. Front painted face has wording ...gegen Engeland with Kriegsmarine flag and silhouettes of Battleship and U-Boat on green background.