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Headdress of a Trucial Omani Scout

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1995/0201/U

The Trucial Omani Scouts was a security force established in 1951 to defend the seven emirates of Trucial Oman which now form the United Arab Emirates. Headquartered at RAF Sharjah, the Scouts were made up of both British military and local personnel.

Red and white check fabric headdress, RAF Museum

Commemorative Cigarettes

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941, London, Hangar One, 80/C/1124

In an effort to raise morale, RAF aircraft would occasionally drop items that had become unobtainable in occupied countries.

Orange paper carton of cigarettes with W and crown motif, © RAF Museum

Percy the Penguin Mascot

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 80/C/1656

During the Second World War many Bomber Command aircrew carried lucky charms like Percy the Penguin in the hope that they would protect them from the many hazards they faced while flying.

Grey and white soft toy with large bird-like beak and orange glass eyes, © 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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Westland Wallace Mk. II

Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1936-NOV 1940, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1988/0208/A

The Westland Wallace was a general purpose two seat biplane operated by the Royal Air Force from 1933-1943. The Museum’s Wallace had a short operational life, serving with No. 502 Squadron between 1936 and 1937, before moving to the Electrical and Wireless School at RAF Cranwell.

Westland Wallace II on display at Hendon., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Operations Room Projector

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, London, Hangar Five, 1998/0189/I

The defence of German airspace was controlled from operations rooms or ‘battle opera houses’. Here, projectors were used to present an overview of the situation on a large map so that an overall defensive strategy could be directed.

Metal projecting tube with slot for slide towards rear. Length of electrical cable. Shaped wooden handle at rear, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Plotting Block, Friendly Forces

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, X008-4179

Plotting blocks and counters were used in Operations Rooms in the Second World War and particularly in the Battle of Britain to track the movements of incoming formations of enemy aircraft.

Wooden triangular prism-shaped block displaying numbers over two rows, with a metal rod topped by a yellow card, © RAF Museum

Ground Zero Indicator

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 84/I/99

Type as would have been used by Royal Observer Corp (ROC) for locating ground zero of a nuclear explosion in the event of a attack on the UK.

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RAF Bruggen closure party tankard

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2001, London, Hangar Six, X008-4689

British forces in Germany were gradually withdrawn following the end of the Cold War. This tankard marks the closure of RAF Bruggen in 2001, ending a continuous RAF presence in Germany since 1945.

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Tapestry depicting a Vickers VC10

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0238/C

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting an RAF Vickers VC10 aircraft in Transport Command colours flying in the clouds.

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting an RAF Vickers VC10 aircraft in Transport Command colours flying in the clouds., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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