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Message Dropping Streamer
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/R/970
Before radio communication became available in military aviation, messages from aircraft to troops on the ground would be handwritten and dropped in a message bag.
Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service Tropical Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/185
In the 1920s, the majority of the RAF Squadrons were deployed overseas. 1922 saw the first overseas posting by the RAF Nursing Service when ten Sisters, suitably equipped with tropical helmets, were posted to Baghdad.
T1 Bombsight, Control Panel
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 80/I/1466
The T1 is a gyro-stabilized bombsight which compensates for the movement of an aircraft by displaying the impact point of a bomb even when the aircraft is not in straight and level flight.
Gosport Tube Assembly
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 66/R/608
The Gosport tube was a speaking funnel connected via rubber tubes to ear plates which were fitted inside a pupil's helmet. It allowed the flying instructor in a tandem open cockpit to speak and give their pupil instructions while in the air. Before its introduction, verbal instruction had been impossible.
Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB
Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1944-JAN 1949, London, Hangar Three/Four, 74/A/27
Designed as a replacement for the Hurricane and Spitfire, the Typhoon was the first RAF fighter capable of exceeding 400mph when it entered service in 1941. This speed allowed Typhoons to successfully combat the newer, more capable aircraft coming into German service at the same time, such as the Fw-190, easily matching them at low levels.
Pilot Officer Cyril Barton’s Service Dress Cap
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 84/U/742
The Officer's, 1920 Pattern Service Dress Cap belonging to Pilot Officer Cyril Barton VC. The cap is signed on the inside by the crew members who survived the action for which Cyril was awarded his Victoria Cross.
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