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Military Medal of Sergeant Helen Emily Turner
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/D/692
Circular, silver with scroll type suspender bar. Obverse - the sovereign in profile bust length portrait with title inscription around the rim. Reverse - within an open wreath of laurel FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD below a crowned cypher. Edge impressed
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.
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.
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.
Type H Bomb Trolley (22,000Lb)
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 65/O/1124
Very long four wheeled bomb trailer specifically for carrying the 22,000lb 'Grand Slam' bomb. Painted dark green overall. Heavy steel channel framed chassis and front towbar and pivotting front axle; steerable rear axle with horizontal steering wheel mounted low down and rear treadplate for the operator. Rear mounted, red painted towing hook. Four corner mounted screw jacks; lidded tool box at front.Four channelled side frames and four winches to permit the bomb, supported on two trestles, to be winched up into the aircraft bomb bay. Rear nearside mounted handbrake.
Operations Room Projector
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1998/0189/I
Metal projecting tube with slot for slide towards rear. Detachable bulb mount, without bulb, on one side with length of electrical cable still attached. Shaped wooden handle at rear. Circular cast iron base with four screw holes. Projector movable through vertical and horizontal planes through use of wing nut attachment on top of base.