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Royal Aero Club Gold Medallion awarded to Sir Arthur Whitten Brown
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1919, In Storage, 65/C/725
This medallion was awarded to Arthur Brown to commemorate the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic by an aircraft. Brown the navigator and his pilot, John Alcock, flew from Newfoundland to Ireland in a converted Vickers Vimy bomber in a little over 16 hours in June 1919.
Bowl, Handley Page V/1500 Propeller Boss
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1919, London, Hangar Three/Four, 73/C/1280
This bowl has been carved from the mahogany propellor boss of Handley Page bomber, the ‘Old Carthusian’, which made the first ‘through-flight’ from England to India in 1919 to take part in the Third Anglo-Afghan war.
First World War Memorial Plaque
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1920, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-5855
Charlotte Annie Day joined the WRAF on 4 November 1918. She died in hospital on 30 November 1918 while undergoing training at the WRAF Depot Blandford, a victim of the 1918/1919 flu epidemic.
Victory Medal of Lieutenant Harold (Harry) Jameson
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1920, In Storage, 72/D/710
Lieutenant Harold (Harry) Jameson's Victory Medal. The edge is impressed Captain H. Jameson. The medal was mis-marked, Jameson did not reach the rank of Captain
1914 Star of Lieutenant Harold (Harry) Jameson
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1920, In Storage, 72/D/708
Lieutenant Harold (Harry) Jameson's 1914 Star.
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