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Fighter Fund Card of Honour

Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, A1191

Fighter Funds were set up in 1940 with £5,000 needed to purchase a fighter aircraft, which was then named after an individual, business, town or city. They enabled ordinary people to contribute to the war effort and brought communities and Allied counties together.

Card with seven stamps, a printed description of the 'Card of Honour' and a handwritten inscription by the owner, © RAF Museum

RAF Hendon Christmas menu card, 1957

Archives, In Storage, X002-5424

Christmas has been and continues to be marked at RAF stations. A number of activities are usually associated with the festival including dinners being held.

Beige card with blue text and picture of holly in top left corner, Crown

Leaflet advertising the Second illuminated night flying and firework display at Hendon aerodrome, 1912

Archives, In Storage, A1782

This poster advertises a display of night flying at Hendon in 1912. Such displays helped to generate popular interest in aviation and flying for pleasure and excitement.

black and white illustrated leaflet showing men and women watching an air display at night, RAF Museum

Pilot's flying log book of Air Vice Marshal Henry Algernon Vickers Hogan, 1937-1943

Archives, In Storage, AC94/2/4

Henry Hogan was a member of the Long Range Development Units, that in December 1938 broke the world non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia, Egypt to Darwin, Australia. The aircraft that Hogan was piloting did not make Darwin, it landed in West Timor being short of fuel.

Pilot's flying log book, Crown