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Consolidated Liberator B.VIII
Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1944-JUL 1974, London, Hangar Five, 74/A/790
Although often overshadowed by the B-17 Flying Fortress, the American B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US military aircraft and served with distinction in both war and peace. It also played a major role in service with the RAF.
Caterpillar Club awarded to Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Reed
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, In Storage, X008-8786
The Caterpillar Club awards membership to people whose lives have been saved by baling out of a stricken aircraft using an Irvin parachute. Members are awarded a gold caterpillar pin badge (the caterpillar represents the silk thread from which parachutes were originally made).
Vickers Wellington B Mk X
Aircraft & Exhibits, MAY 1944-JAN 1955, Cosford, Hangar Three, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/A/171
This Wellington was constructed in 1944 and served with No. 1 Air Navigation Training School between 1949 and 1953. It was not operational in the Second World War but represents the role played in the bombing campaign against Germany. It is one of only two Wellingtons to survive into the present day.
Short Sunderland MR5
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1961, London, Hangar One, 71/A/1408
By the start of the Second World War three RAF squadrons were equipped with the Short Sunderland, a long-range reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrol flying boat.
Cigarette case of Flying Officer Eric Albon
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, Cosford, Hangar Three, X001-3468
Flying Officer Eric Albon, from Halifax, was a bomb aimer in No. 78 Squadron. His aircraft, Handley Page Halifax LV820, was shot down and crashed near Poix in northern France on 12 June 1944.
Douglas Dakota Mk. III, Cockpit Section
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1984, Cosford, Hangar Four, X002-9932
This Dakota was built in the USA in 1944, and flew across the Atlantic (via the Azores) to the UK. It served with No. 233 Squadron RAF from February of that year. The Squadron was heavily involved in airborne operations around D-Day and Operation Market Garden.
Hawker Hurricane Mark IIc
Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1944-FEB 1984, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1995/1004/A
The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes shot down approximately 60% of enemy aircraft – more than all the other air and ground defences combined.
Luftwaffe Issue Dessert Spoon
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-0863
Flight Sergeant Allen Clifford was the navigator of Lancaster PD374 of No. 218 Squadron which was shot down over Germany on 8 November 1944. He became a prisoner in Stalag Luft VII located in Silesia, Germany.
Heinkel He 111
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1947, London, Hangar Five, 78/A/1033
The Heinkel He 111, a German twin-engined medium bomber, was used extensively in the late 1930s and early years of the Second World War. Like many Luftwaffe military aircraft, its development was concealed by claiming it was for high-speed commercial transport.
Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IV
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/1347/A
The Curtiss Kittyhawk was the final development of the monoplane Curtiss Hawk fighters. First introduced into service in January 1942, over 3000 Kittyhawks were delivered to Commonwealth Air Forces.
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