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Scourge from Belsen Concentration Camp
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 81/C/169
On 15 August 1945, Allied troops liberated the Concentration Camp at Bergen-Belsen in Northern Germany. The liberators were confronted with the horrific sight of around 13,000 unburied bodies and 60,000 starving and diseased inmates.
Service Dress Cap of a Field Officer
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 75/U/734
The first blue RAF uniforms were supposedly made from fabric which was ordered by the Imperial Russian government but never delivered due to the revolution of 1917.
Medal Bar of Air Vice Marshal Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, CBE, DSO, DFC and Bar, AFC and Bar
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-6817
Arthur Bird-Wilson survived several crashes during his long and successful career as an RAF pilot during and after the Second World War. He was commended for ‘fine fighting qualities and determination in his attacks’.
Cranwell Boys' Wing Sports Cap
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 74/U/512
At the age of 15 or 16, apprentices would undertake three years of technical training, passing out as highly qualified mechanics. Sports were a feature of a boy apprentice's life, with regular afternoon sessions being devoted to games.
Fuze No. 42 Mark IV
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 72/O/74
This fuze is fitted with a time delay capsule and was primarily used on illuminating flares and cluster munitions.
Home Service Eagle Shoulder Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 68/U/382
Other Ranks uniforms of the RAF displayed rearward facing eagle badges on the shoulders similar in style to the eagles worn on the upper arms of the Royal Naval Air Service uniform.
Service Dress Cap of Other Ranks
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-9396
In 1996 the Other Ranks uniform underwent a number of subtle changes which included the replacement of the metal cap badge with an embroidered version.
Medal Bar of 11, Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0297/D
Frederick Bowhill had a varied career between the wars, and served in South Russia, Somaliland, Egypt and Iraq as well as holding many posts at home
Parachute Pack, RAF, Chest Type
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/0416/S
Most aircrew worked in spaces too small to wear parachutes. A parachute pack was stowed separately and in the event of an emergency had to be retrieved and attached to the front of the airman’s parachute harness.
Female Flak-Helper’s Arm Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1986/0591/U
By 1943 a lack of manpower led the Luftwaffe to turn to auxiliary forces for personnel to operate their flak and searchlight defences. These included female auxiliaries, schoolchildren aged 16 and Russian prisoners of war willing to help in exchange for better conditions.
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