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Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1902-1937, In Storage, 71/D/1152
Sir John Salmond served in both the British Army and the Royal Air Force. In 1930 he succeeded Lord Trenchard as Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
Blériot XXVII
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, In Storage, 85/A/226
The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.
German One Mark Banknote
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1918, In Storage, X003-7956
RAF officers in German prisoner of war camps in 1918 were able to cash cheques and purchase items from their German captors. This note was brought back from Bayreuth prisoner camp by former prisoner of war Lieutenant Wilfred Harry Pollard.
Control Car, Armstrong Whitworth R.33
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1920, In Storage, X002-8227
The front section of the forward control car of HMA R.33
St. Michael & St. George, Most Distinguished Order of, Companion, Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917, In Storage, 71/D/1163
The Order of St Michael and St George was instituted in 1818 by the Prince Regent, later King George IV, for service overseas.
Royal Victorian Order, Commander, Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, In Storage, 71/D/1164
The Royal Victorian Order was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1896 and is exclusively in the gift of the monarch.
Other Rank, 1918 pattern, Women's Royal Air Force Cap Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1920, In Storage, 74/U/989
This cap badge was introduced on the formation of the WRAF in 1918. It was superseded, in 1919, by Air Ministry Weekly Order 545, which introduced the metal cap badge.
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.
De Havilland Gipsy I
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1926-1979, In Storage, 79/E/397
The de Havilland Gipsy I was a 4-cylinder in-line engine developing 98 horse power. It powered the de Havilland Gipsy Moth, among other inter-War civilian aircraft.
Saucer, Bandalasta Ware
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1929-1930, In Storage, 1993/0515/Z
This Bandalasta saucer and its accompanying teacup were intended for use on the Royal Airship Works’ trial trips out of Cardington, before the R.101’s disastrous crash halted airship production in Britain.
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