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RAF Trade Physical Training Instructor Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X005-4509
The badge of the Physical Training Instructor depicts three arms wielding Indian Clubs.
Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service Tropical Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/185
In the 1920s, the majority of the RAF Squadrons were deployed overseas. 1922 saw the first overseas posting by the RAF Nursing Service when ten Sisters, suitably equipped with tropical helmets, were posted to Baghdad.
Medal Bar of 6, Squadron Leader Walter Henry Park
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 79/D/2131
Walter Henry Park joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, earning the Military Cross in 1917. His Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded for operations in North Russia in 1919 and the Bar for operations in Kurdistan in 1922.
United Kingdom Space Operations Centre
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-6762
The Space Operation Centre was established in 2008 and controls the Ministry of Defence's' space related operations, such as monitoring space launches, missile early warning, monitoring satellites and their proximities and entry or re-entry of objects into the earth's atmosphere.
Evening Bag
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X005-5050
Wives and sweethearts of serving personnel often wear an item of clothing or jewellery decorated with, or in the shape of, RAF wings to show they have someone dear to them in the service.
Caterpillar Club Badge of Sergeant Leonard Clarke
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1995/0819/U
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Members are awarded a gold caterpillar pin badge (the caterpillar represents the silk thread from which parachutes were originally made).
Browning, 0.303in, Mk. II*
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 74/O/10
The Browning machine gun was adopted by the RAF following trials in 1934. Although the gun was selected, work was needed to make it suitable for use with British ammunition.
Hucks Starter
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X008-0999
Most aircraft engines had to be started by swinging the propeller by hand until Captain Bentfield Hucks invented the Hucks Starter just after the First World War. It could start engines more quickly and with less risk of accidents.
Beret of an Officer
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 85/U/712
Berets were introduced into service by the RAF Regiment in 1943. They were produced in this knitted form and in barathea fabric.
Service Dress Cap of Women's Royal Air Force Other Ranks
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/305
Cut to the same pattern as the cap issued with the initial khaki uniform, WRAF personnel were issued with a pale blue uniform for home dress.
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