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Parachute Harness, RAF, Chest Type
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/1340/S
Complex arrangement of straps comprising a body harness with two lift webs terminating in large snap hooks which are positioned on the chest. The body harness made up of four adjustable straps ending in connectors a seat strap and a loop passing between the legs. Two straps pass over the shoulders and two over the thighs, through the loop, and all four clip into a quick release connector box positioned on the lower chest. The harness is fitted with a back pad for comfort. Two square metal loops attached to the seat strap are fitted for the attachment of a dinghy pack which acts as a cushion.
Victoria Cross of Sergeant John Hannah
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/D/793
Dark patinated bronze cross pattée with a semi-circular extension on the upper arm bearing a ring which engages with a V below the suspension bar which is decorated with two sprays of laurel leaves joined by a ribbon. Obverse - a crown with crowned lion above and below a sroll bearing the words FOR VALOUR. The cross edged with a double line border. Reverse - The cross edged with a double line border and a double lined central disc bearing an engraved date 15TH SEPT 1940 . The reverse of the suspension bar engraved 652918 SGT. J. HANNAH. 83 SQ. R.A.F. Ribbon - maroon.
Medal Bar of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X002-5900
Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1914 with clasp 1939 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords Military Karl Friedrich Order, Knight's Cross (Baden) Order of the Zahringen Lion, Knight, 2nd Class with Swords (Baden) - mit Eichenlaub/with Oak Leaf suspender SEE History Note Cross of Honour for the Great War, Combatant (3rd Reich) Forces Long Service Decoration, 1st Class, mit Hoheitszeichen in gold (Eagle and swastika) Forces Long Service Decoration, 2nd Class, mit Hoheitszeichen in silver (Eagle and swastika) Anschluss Medal Protectorate Medal Medal Commemorating the Return of Memel West Wall Medal Civil Defence Decoration,1st Class Bulgarian War Commemorative Medal 1915 – 1918. Mounted overlapping with draped ribbons in the German style.
RAF, Type C, Wired
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 68/U/841
Brown leather helmet lined in chamois constructed in strips passing from front to rear of the wearer's head with a brow band, lined in velvet. Fitted with circular, black rubber telephone holders. Combined microphone and earphone/telephone wiring enters at centre rear of helmet and is fed through to the earphones and to a microphone plug below the left ear. Three male press studs on each side of face aperture for connection of Type G Oxygen mask. Right side studs fitted with hook to receive loop from mask harness. Centre rear fitted with short buckled strap to retain goggles strap. Two vertical leather tabs sewn at top and with press studs at bottom placed behind telephone holders to steady goggles strap.
RAF, Type C, Wired
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 79/U/78
Brown leather helmet lined in chamois constructed in strips passing from front to rear of the wearer's head with a brow band, lined in velvet. Fitted with circular, black rubber telephone holders. Combined microphone and earphone/telephone wiring enters at centre rear of helmet and is fed through to the earphones and to a microphone plug below the left ear. Three male press studs on each side of face aperture for connection of Type G Oxygen mask. Right side studs fitted with hook to receive loop from mask harness. Centre rear fitted with short buckled strap to retain goggles strap. Two vertical leather tabs sewn at top and with press studs at bottom placed behind telephone holders to steady goggles strap.
Victoria Cross Awarded to Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, 1945
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 72/D/568
Dark patinated bronze cross pattée with a semi-circular extension on the upper arm bearing a ring which engages with a V below the suspension bar which is decorated with two sprays of laurel leaves joined by a ribbon. Obverse - a crown with crowned lion above and below a sroll bearing the words FOR VALOUR. The cross edged with a double line border. Reverse - The cross edged with a double line border and a double lined central disc bearing an engraved date 11TH AUGUST 1945. The reverse of the suspension bar engraved ACT. S/L. I.W. BAZALGETTE, R.A.F. on top line and No.635 SQUADRON on second line. Ribbon - maroon.
Flying Helmet, RAF, Type C, Wired
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/U/833
Brown leather helmet lined in chamois constructed in strips passing from front to rear of the wearer's head with a brow band, lined in velvet. Fitted with circular, black rubber telephone holders. Combined microphone and earphone/telephone wiring enters at centre rear of helmet and is fed through to the earphones and to a microphone plug below the left ear. Three male press studs on each side of face aperture for connection of Type G Oxygen mask. Right side studs fitted with hook to receive loop from mask harness. Centre rear fitted with short buckled strap to retain goggles strap. Two vertical leather tabs sewn at top and with press studs at bottom placed behind telephone holders to steady goggles strap.
RAF Type B flying helmet, John Hannah
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/U/787
Dark brown leather helmet lined throughout in chamois, with a brown velvet brow band. Circular leather telephone holders with vertical zips, fitted internally with a plastic telephone cup and, usually, containing moulded foam rubber telephone pads. Inside the helmet, padded chamois ear cushions. On either side of the face aperture a pair of female press studs, facing inwards, intended for the attachment of the D Type oxygen mask. Leather chin strap with metal tip on right which engages with a quick release buckle on left. The rear of the helmet gussetted for several inches to allow adjustment and with a tightening strap running around the back. Short, buckled vertical strap in centre, lower rear for retaining goggles. Showing signs of burn damage acquired during the exploit for which Hannah was awarded the Victoria Cross.
RAF, Mk. I (Mae West)
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1986/0384/S
CHECK EXTENT OF ASSOCIATED CONTENTS ON DISMANTLING. Yellow cotton waistcoat fastening with three buttons and with tie tapes across the breast and at waist level. The sections over the chest and behind the neck formed as a container for a rubberised fabric, inflatable bladder with a snap-neck gas cylinder in the right lower side and an oral inflation tube in the left breast. The snap-neck lever contained in a housing and the tube passing up round the neck in a fabric sleeve. Zip under neck pocket for access to inner compartments. Two webbing pockets at right side for electric torch and battery holder. Flourescine sea marker pad in a ripping panel on left lower side. Two pairs of webbing tapes front and back to tie between legs. Pair of webbing loop handles on chest for pulling helpless wearer out of water. Small patch pocket on left breast, closing with a press-stud for heliograph mirror. Toggle and cord let into lower left hem for securing to dighy when in the water. Fitted with set of three kapok flotation pads.
RAF, Type G
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/0549/U
STANDARD DESCRIPTION. THE EXAMPLE MAY NOT BE IN THIS CONDITION OR AS COMPLETE. CHECK WHEN FIGURE IS DISMANTLED. Grey-green rubber face cup, the inner edge lined in suede, shaped so as to fit over the nose and chin. Below the chin an oval section extension housing the expiratory valve and the oxygen supply inlet which bifurcates and is carried into the upper part of the mask in ducts fashioned within the wall of the mask. Inspiratory valve in lower left cheek. Above the oval extension, a large circular central aperture housing the microphone which is clamped in by a wire ring and sealed with a rubber collar. Around the oval extension, and attached by brackets to the microphone clamp ring, an adjustable, cotton webbing suspension harness terminating on the left in a leather pad with two female press studs and on the right with a single strap and a metal loop. The press studs engage with male studs on the left side of the helmet and the loop engages with a flat hook attached to the right side.