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Engineer's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1942 Pattern of Pilot Officer James Herbert Wolton

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-7317

In 1942, the aircrew position of Engineer was introduced. Their role was to monitor the engine and fuel systems while aiding the pilot in their flying duties.

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Fire damaged flying helmet wiring loom of Sergeant John Hannah, VC

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/U/789

This wiring loom shows signs of fire damage from the blaze which engulfed Handley Page Hampden P1355 after it was hit by anti-aircraft fire when bombing invasion barges in 1940.

John Hannah's fire damaged flying helmet wiring loom, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Victoria Cross awarded to Pilot Officer Cyril Joe Barton, 1944

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1996/0329/D

Cyril Barton was a Second World War bomber pilot. He was awarded his Victoria Cross for his actions during the raid on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944.

Single bronze cross pattee on ribbon., RAF Museum

Medal Bar of 13, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0274/D

Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt served in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He became Air Officer Commanding in both Iraq and India in the 1930s.

Bar of 13 metal and enamel medals suspended from coloured ribbons, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Framed case of medals awarded to Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0423/D

Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson had participated in over 100 operational sorties before his Avro Lancaster was destroyed during an operation to attack Nuremberg on 3 January 1945.

Seven medals in a frame with a silver plaque giving presentation details. The medals include a DSO (bar) and DFC, RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Pilot Officer Robert Alan Marshall

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1997/0384/D

Robert Alan Marshall trained in Canada as a navigator. Marshall joined the RAF as a Sergeant, before being promoted to Pilot Officer, and served with Nos. 12 and 619 Squadrons. Marshall was later seconded to BOAC.

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Medal Bar of Wing Commander Raymond Hilton

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0280/D

‘Ray’ Hilton was the pilot of our Lancaster R5868 on the first of its 137 operations, to Wilhelmshaven on 8 July 1942. Hilton captained the aircraft on a further 17 operations.

RAF Museum/Iain Duncan