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Fruit Plate, Bandalasta Ware

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0516/Z

This Bandalasta fruit plate was intended for use on the Royal Airship Works’ trial trips out of Cardington, before the R.101’s disastrous crash halted airship production in Britain.

Fruit Plate, Bandalasta Ware | 1993/0516/Z

Tea Plate, Bandalasta Ware

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0517/Z

This Bandalasta tea plate was intended for use on the Royal Airship Works’ trial trips out of Cardington, before the R.101’s disastrous crash halted airship production in Britain.

Tea Plate, Bandalasta Ware | 1993/0517/Z

Women's Aerial League Medallion

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 80/C/1855

The Women’s Aerial League was formed in 1909 to further the development of aircraft technology and raise awareness of the aeroplane as a weapon for war

Oval silver medallion suspension loop with red, white and blue ribbon. winged female figure holding a bow surrounded by insc, RAF Museum

Embroidered Silk Postcard

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 79/C/1994

This embroidered silk postcard bears the British Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ensigns and crowned wings above the banner of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Embroidered Silk Postcard | 79/C/1994

Medal Bar of Warrant Officer William Nathan Addison

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0045/D

William Addison was initially a Wireless Operator but volunteered for aircraft duties at the start of the Battle of Britain in 1940. He flew as an air gunner in Bristol Blenheims with No. 23 Squadron.

A group of five medals, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

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

Heliograph

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0323/I

A heliograph can be used to send morse coded messages using a mirror to reflect flashes of sunlight. They were carried in survival kits on board RAF aircraft in the 1930s.

Heliograph | 1994/0323/I, IAIN DUNCAN / RAFM/Iain Duncan

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

Red Beard Nuclear Weapon

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 74/O/119

Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. Introduced in the early 1960s, it was replaced by WE177 in the early 1970s.

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Women's Voluntary Service Jacket

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 84/U/543

During the Second World War over one million women volunteered with the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS). Their work ranged from metal salvage, running mobile canteens for troops to providing rest centres for residents affected by bombing.

Blue single-breasted hip-length jacket in herringbone tweed, with two pockets and a badge stitched onto the arm, © RAF Museum

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