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Royal Air Force Prisoners of War Association Memorial Plaque

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1980, London, Hangar Five, X002-3411

Created by Michael McHale in conjunction with the Royal Air Force Prisoners of War Association, this plaque commemorates the 50 prisoners of war who were executed after escaping from Stalag Luft III in 1944. A fictionalised account of the mass breakout is told in the 1960s film, ‘The Great Escape’.

An eagle with wings outstretched above its body, standing on an orb. The orb is on a rectangular piece of metal, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Flying helmet absorbent liner, USAF

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1980, In Storage, X008-9350

Grey cloth skull cap with stock numbers and details inked onto right hand side of liner.

Flying helmet absorbent liner, USAF | X008-9350, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Beer Mat from RAF Gan

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1975-1976, London, Hangar One, X002-3492

One of the remotest of these was RAF Gan, an airfield clinging to an atoll of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.

White circular cardboard disc with light blue motif featuring a palm tree, © RAF Museum

Sopwith 1½ Strutter (Replica)

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1977-1980, Cosford, Hangar Two, 81/A/212

The 1½ Strutter was designed as a high performance fighting aircraft. Both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service flew large numbers of them as did the French Aviation Militaire and the Belgian and United States air services.

Biplane with grey canvas body and wings and wooden struts, © RAF Museum

Westland Sea King HAR3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1977-2015, London, Hangar One, X008-4712

Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, the Westland Sea King was adapted for RAF search and rescue duties as the Sea King HAR3.

Bright yellow metal helicopter with five rotors, © RAF Museum

Volvo BV202E Snowcat

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1978-1990, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6769

Once the British Army took over its NATO role of Northern Flank defence of Norway, it selected this fully-tracked and articulated Swedish vehicle for its over-snow performance. Following its introduction into British service in the late 1960s, it became an indispensable maid-of-all work load carrier.

Amphibious tracked vehicle and trailer combination painted in black and white camouflage pattern., RAF Museum

British Aerospace Skyflash

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1978-2006, London, Hangar One, 1997/0109/O

The Skyflash was a was a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile.

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British Aerospace Skyflash

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1978-2006, In Storage, In Storage, 1997/0110/O

The Skyflash was a was a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile.

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Raytheon Paveway II

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1978-1995, London, Hangar Six, 1995/0015/O

Paveway II is a guidance kit which is fitted to a general-purpose unguided bomb. Once released, the seeker head steers the bomb to the designated target by detecting a laser which is directed at the target. Later variants can be guided to their targets by GPS.

Large green bomb with guidance fins on front and rear., Royal Air Force Museum

Folding Chair from RAF Stanley (Falklands) Chapel

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1979-1986, London, Hangar Six, 1998/0162/G

In 1983, in the aftermath of the Falklands Conflict, a shipping container was turned into a chapel for use by RAF personnel based at RAF Stanley and remained in use there until 1986. It contained nine such folding chairs.

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