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Post Instrument Mark IIC

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1936-1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, 79/I/932

Post Instruments were used in the Second World War by members of the Observer Corps as an aide to assess the height, bearing and location of enemy aircraft.

Side view of a complex instrument made of metal, with a measuring stick fixed in the middle, © RAF Museum

120lb, GP, Mk. 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1936-1972, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/O/10

The Mk.I General Purpose (GP) bomb entered RAF service in 1925. The 120lb variant was least used and the RAF later standardised on 250lb and 500lb sizes.

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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

In-flight Refuelling Nozzle Unit

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937-1949, In Storage, 83/A/175

This nozzle is part of the looped hose in-flight refuelling system developed by Sir Alan Cobham’s Flight Refuelling Ltd. It was used on transatlantic flights.

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Nozzle, Centre Body Actuating, Tanker

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937-1949, London, Hangar Three/Four, 83/A/174

This nozzle is a part of the looped hose in-flight refuelling system developed by Sir Alan Cobham’s Flight Refuelling Ltd. It was used on transatlantic flights.

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Nylon Halex toothbrush

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1942, London, Hangar One, 72/S/1426

This may look like a normal toothbrush but a magnetised compass swinger is concealed within the handle.

White plastic toothbrush, © RAF Museum

2,000lb Armour Piercing Bomb Mk 2

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937-1945, London, Hangar Five, 65/O/1063

In 1942 2,000lb Armour Piercing Bombs were used as a special weapon to attack German battlecruisers while in dock.

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Gloster Gladiator Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, AUG 1937-MAR 1948, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/A/17

The Gloster Gladiator was the RAF's last biplane fighter and the first to feature an enclosed cockpit for the pilot. Deliveries began in 1937, with Gladiators continuing to serve in the early years of the Second World War.

Biplane with propeller and silver body and wings, © RAF Museum

Type F.N.1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937-1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 70/O/428

Faster aircraft speeds made it hard for gunners to control their machine guns. Frazer-Nash produced a hydraulically powered turret which included a shield for the gunner. The ‘lobster back’ turret was fitted to the Hawker Demon fighter.

Type F.N.1 | 70/O/428, RAFM/Iain Duncan

Playing Cards with Concealed Map

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1942, London, Hangar One, 72/S/1438

Packs of playing cards concealing escape maps were smuggled into prison camps in Germany inside Red Cross parcels to help British and American prisoners of war to plan their escapes.

29 playing cards some with front layers peeled away on to reveal part of a map underneath, Jigsaw Design & Publishing © RAF Museum

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