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Helmet of an Aerial Erector
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 72/U/924
Aerial Erectors construct and maintain communication infrastructure. This can involve climbing towers as high as 100 metres (328 feet).
Field Service Cap of Other Ranks
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 77/U/870
As an economy measure in 1943, black plastic buttons and badges replaced the brass examples previously found on the 1936 Pattern cap.
GEE Receiver Type R1355
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1993/0697/R
GEE was a radio navigation aid with few components, enabling it to be fitted easily to most aircraft requiring a navigator. It acquired a reputation of being simple to operate and gained the nickname ‘the goon box’ as anybody could use it.
Head and Breast Set
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 67/R/449
This standard General Post Office equipment was widely used by RAF personnel during the Second World War. It enabled the wearer to make and receive calls while freeing their hands for other tasks.
Rank Chevron
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-4426
Non-Commissioned Officers ranks in the RAF were inherited from the Royal Flying Corps and the use of chevrons to display NCO ranks continues to this day.
Blenheim Mark I Recognition Model
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 65/M/196
This is a British-made model of a Second World War Blenheim Mk I light bomber used to train RAF personnel, particularly pilots, gunners and members of the Observer Corps, in the vital skill of aircraft recognition.
Dark Adaptation Goggles
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1990/0704/U
It can take over 20 minutes for the human eye to adapt to the dark. Night fighter crews would wear these goggles before missions to help acclimatise their vision.
Baggage, Aircrew, British Airways (1938) Limited
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 78/C/428
This label was used to identify baggage belonging to British Airways crew.
Military Medal of Sergeant Helen Emily Turner
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/D/692
Helen Turner served as a switchboard operator at the busy RAF station at Biggin Hill, as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. On 30 August 1940, during an air raid, she kept on working in order to maintain vital telephone contact with Group Headquarters. She and colleague Corporal Elizabeth Henderson only left when a 500lb bomb crashed through the roof and the building caught fire.
T1 Bombsight, Sighting Head
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X005-5885
The T1 is a gyro-stabilized bombsight which compensates for the movement of an aircraft by displaying the impact point of a bomb even when the aircraft is not in straight and level flight.
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