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4000lb High Capacity (HC) Bomb, Mk 4

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/O/144

The High Capacity series of bombs ranged in weight from 2,000lbs to 12,000lbs.

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Window Bundle

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 75/R/704

Window consisted of strips of foil-backed paper dropped from an aircraft in bundles during a raid, and was designed to interfere with German radar.

Window Bundle | 75/R/704, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

GEE Indicator Type 62A

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 80/R/705

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.

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Medal Bar of Air Commodore John Searby

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X003-7393

John Searby was credited as the first Pathfinder "Master of Ceremonies" for the Peenemunde raid of August 17 1943, and for this was awarded the Distinguished Service Order seen in the medal bar.

Medal Bar, two crosses, two stars, four medals, of different material held on different coloured ribbons, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Rolls-Royce Viper 202

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X001-2108

Axial-flow turbojet engine, sectioned along its full length, mounted on four wheeled metal stand.

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Combustion Chamber from A4 (V-2) Rocket

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X002-9719

The V-2 or A4 was the first practicable ballistic missile, and was used by Nazi Germany against targets predominately in Belgium and the UK in the closing stages of the Second World War. The rocket motor used a liquid fuel of oxygen and a mixture of ethanol with water.

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Type CLE Mk. 3 Supply-dropping Container

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/S/252

Grey painted steel hinged container with 2 latches and parachute compartment. Fitted with suspension mount.

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Trolley Accumulator, Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/V/46

The batteries in aircraft were small so the Trolley Accumulator was used to provide the high power needed to start aircraft engines. The engine was used to recharge the batteries in the trolley.

Metal trailer with a large wheel on each side and small wheel beneath the charging set, RAF Museum

Bristol Pegasus XXII

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X008-2106

Refurbished nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial aero engine. Mounted to display stand.

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Luftwaffe LKp N101 Flying Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/U/599

Night fighter pilots relied on verbal instructions passed from Ground Controllers to intercept incoming bombers. Once the Bordfunker (radar operator) picked up the target on the aircraft’s equipment he would pass instructions using his throat microphone, guiding the pilot to within visual range of the target.

Luftwaffe LKp N101 Flying Helmet | 65/U/599, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan