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Sand from Stalag Luft III Parade Ground, The Great Escape

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAY 2007, London, Hangar One, X004-1399

On the night of 24 March 1944, 76 Allied prisoners, the majority of them RAF aircrew, escaped from the German prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft III.

Glass petri dish containing sand, © RAF Museum

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1930, London, Hangar Two, 74/A/23

A formidable fighter used extensively in the First World War, and second only to the Sopwith Camel in reputation, the SE 5a was the most successful Royal Aircraft Factory design.

Biplane with grey body and wings and wooden struts, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Friday the Thirteenth (Artwork from Halifax 'F' LV907)

Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1944-JUN 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/A/188

From its earliest days, RAF personnel used artwork on aircraft to boost morale. During the Second World War nose art became increasingly flamboyant.

Friday the Thirteenth (Artwork from Halifax 'F' LV907) | 70/A/188, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Scourge from Belsen Concentration Camp

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 81/C/169

On 15 August 1945, Allied troops liberated the Concentration Camp at Bergen-Belsen in Northern Germany. The liberators were confronted with the horrific sight of around 13,000 unburied bodies and 60,000 starving and diseased inmates.

Wooden-handled leather whip with multiple strips, © RAF Museum

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-3663

Thirteen percent scale model of Soviet fighter aircraft used for radar imaging trials.

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USAAF Type M-1 Flak Vest

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1986/0275/U

During 1942, 70% of USAAF aircrew casualties were due to flak and other low speed projectiles. After flak vests were introduced, fatality rates of bomber crews were reduced by 50% and injuries by 70%.

Side view of a protective vest in three sections covering the back, chest, abdomen and groin displayed on a mannequin. An adjustable waist belt is visible as is a red fabric handle to aid emergency removal of the garment, RAF Museum

Tapestry depicting a Handley Page Hastings

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0242/C

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting an RAF Handley Page Hastings aircraft flying in the clouds above a patchwork of fields.

tapestry depicting an RAF Handley Page Hastings aircraft flying in the clouds above a patchwork of fields., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

COW Gun, 1½ lb, Mk III

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/1108

The Coventry Ordnance Works, (COW) Quick Firing, 1½ Pounder, gun was an automatic cannon which was tested in various airframes form the First World War, to the 1930s. It was finally adopted as the armament for the Blackburn Perth flying boat which saw squadron service between 1934 and 1936.

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Nudelman N-37 Soviet 37mm Cannon

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960-1990, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1995/0713/O

Large single barrelled 37mm calibre aircraft cannon mounted in streamlined external fairing on lower starboard nose of MiG 15 aircraft.

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Type C Mk II Bomb Trolley

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945-Circa 1979, London, Hangar Five, 79/O/1724

Bomb trolleys were used to transport munitions from their storage area to aircraft. The versatile Type C trolley could carry a range of bombs of different shapes and sizes up to a weight of 6,000lb.

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