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George Cross of Pilot Officer Gerald Charles Close

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937, London, Hangar Three/Four, 79/D/2040

Pilot Officer Gerald Charles Close was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal on 21 December 1937. This was exchanged for the George Cross in 1940.

Silver cross suspended beneath a blue ribbon, RAF Museum

Hawker Tempest Mk. II

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1946-1960, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1992/0345/A

This Hawker Tempest II served with the RAF in what is now Pakistan, before being transferred to the Indian Air Force. It returned to the UK in 1979.

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British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F.6

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1967-1988, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1990/0690/A

The Lightning was the Royal Air Force’s first truly supersonic aircraft and its introduction to front line squadrons in 1960 heralded the start of a new era in Fighter Command.

BAC Lighting F6 single seat jet fighter., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan