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Service Dress Hat of Women's Royal Air Force Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1998/0253/U

This peaked hat replaced the pill box style Service Dress hat which had been in use from the late 1950s. It was retained when the Women's Royal Air Force merged with the RAF. In 1996 the metal badge was replaced with an embroidered version.

Blue grey fabric cap, with encircling brim, turned up around the back and sides and plastic badge, © RAF Museum

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.

Dark class circular goggles with brown leather surround, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mark 2A

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1988/1347/U

The first protective helmet to have integrated communications, the Mk 2 series had a weighted bar which would force the visor down to protect the face in the event of a cockpit ejection.

White hard shell helmet with Perspex eye visor, © RAF Museum

RAF Bomb Disposal Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1992/0818/U

Bombs can bury themselves deep in the ground, needing a shaft to be dug to reach them. When this was required, members of RAF bomb disposal teams would wear protective mining equipment like this helmet.

Hardened dark leather protective helmet with white lettering on sides, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mk 3C

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1996/0436/U

Problems with the visor on the Mk 2 helmets led to the adoption of the Mk 3C, introducing a twin visor system to an earlier helmet shell. The clear visor was always worn in the down position.

White hard-shell protective helmet with Perspex visor inside black and white checked fabric cover, © RAF Museum

IFOR Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X004-6223

During the 1990s the RAF would undertake both offensive and peacekeeping role in the Balkans. The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led peace-keeping force which operated in the former Yugoslavian provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Cloth shield shaped badge with vertical inscription IFOR in roman characters on the left and in Cyrillic on the right, © RAF Museum

Paraffin Flare Wick

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X006-4858

Before the advent of permanent runways with electric lights, airfields would be lit with flares to indicate landing paths in the dark.

Cloth cylinder with label attachment, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mark 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/1166

The first of the RAF's resin-bonded protective helmets which quickly gained the nickname 'Bone-Dome'.

Glossy silver hard-shell protective crash helmet, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 80/U/1357

The wearing of Other Ranks' Service Dress caps was suspended in 1939 for the duration of the Second World War. They were only reintroduced in 1952.

Blue grey fabric peaked cap with cloth band and strap and metal badge, © RAF Museum

Steel Helmet Mark II

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 78/U/848

This helmet was the standard 'Tommy' issue used by British and Commonwealth troops during the First and Second World Wars.

Hard steel domed helmet with short brim and fabric chinstrap, © RAF Museum