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RAF, Type G.28 Camera Gun
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/I/1640
Gun cameras could be used to record combat or, in the case of this G.28 ‘Lewis’ type gun camera, used to train air gunners in the vital skill of sighting their weapon against a moving target.
Service Dress Cap of a Women's Royal Air Force Air Officer
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X002-8362
In 1949 the gold embroidered badge, patent peak and two rows of embroidered oak leaves identifies the wearer of the newly-formed Women's Royal Air Force as an officer holding the rank of Air Commandant.
Skin Panel, Kampfgruppe 100 Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 65/Y/758
Kampfgruppe (KGr) 100 was a specialised unit of the German Air Force which pioneered the use of radio aids for bombing and target marking during the Second World War.
Fédération Aéronatique Internationale Medallion, England to Australia Record Flight, 1938
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1994/0364/C
Fédération Aéronatique Internationale Medallion awarded to Flight Lieutenant Henry Hogan, pilot of one of three Vickers Wellesley bombers which took part in an attempt to establish a non-stop world record flight from Egypt to Australia in 1938
Belgian Congo Coffee Beans
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 80/Z/1199
In an effort to raise morale, RAF aircraft would occasionally drop items that had become unobtainable in occupied countries.
Elsanol Chemical Toilet Fluid
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 78/Z/1255
Most multi-crewed aircraft of the 1940s were equipped with an Elsan toilet which required a healthy dose of Elsanol toilet fluid to sanitise the contents.
Luftwaffe LKp N101 Flying Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/U/599
Night fighter pilots relied on verbal instructions passed from Ground Controllers to intercept incoming bombers. Once the Bordfunker (radar operator) picked up the target on the aircraft’s equipment he would pass instructions using his throat microphone, guiding the pilot to within visual range of the target.
Service Dress Hat of Women's Auxiliary Air Force Other Ranks
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-3619
At its formation in 1939, the Women's Auxiliary Air Force adopted a cap which was reminiscent of the Women's Royal Air Force cap from the First World War.
No. 2 Dress Hat of a Female Officer
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-0992
In 1994 the Women's Royal Air Force ceased being a separate service and integrated fully into the Royal Air Force.
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