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Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding’s “No more fighters to France” letter to the Under Secretary of State for Air, 16 May 1940

Archives, In Storage, AC71/17/15

Letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to the Under Secretary of State for Air, stressing the need to stop sending fighter aircraft to France to preserve resources to face attacks on Britain, 16 May 1940

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Photograph album of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to the RAF Museum at RAF Hendon, 4 June 1970

Archives, In Storage, AC96/61/5

Amongst the fascinating and unique items held within the Archive collection there are artefacts which offer tantalising glimpses into the history of the RAF Museum itself.

Photograph album displayed open with companion volume, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

RAF Application for Mechanical Transport for Duty Form

Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-7855/011

RAF Form 658 was used to request the use of a vehicle to complete service duties. Whether a motorbike or a minibus, vehicles had to be requested from the Motor Transport Section.

Paper form, unfilled, © RAF Museum

RAF Leave Form

Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-8806/003

Annual leave or holiday could be requested and approved via Form 295. Leave was often granted in hours rather than days, and new recruits looked forward to the time in their basic training when they became entitled to the coveted first 48 hour pass.

Paper form with boxes to be filled in, © RAF Museum

Target folder, operation number GO. 1441, Amstetten, 1943-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/30

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of the Amstetten hydro-electric power station in Austria.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1441, Amstetten, 1943-1944 | AC84/1/2/30, © Crown

Target folder, operation number GO. 1237, Knapsack, 1941-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/22

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section, giving details of the thermal electric power station of the Rheinisch-West-Fälisches Elektrikzitatswerk A.G. at Knapsack 7 miles south west of Cologne.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1237, Knapsack, 1941-1944 | AC84/1/2/22, © Crown

5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron scrap book, circa 1960

Archives, In Storage, X008-7769

Large red scrapbook with No.5131 Squadron badge on the front. Contains many photographs and newspaper articles regarding the activities of the squadron.

5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron scrap book, circa 1960 | X008-7769

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

Certificate issued to Leading Aircraftman Peter A. Nash on completion of the instrument flying course at Moody Field, 1942

Archives, In Storage, A935

Leading Aircraftman Peter A. Nash received this certificate from the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School for completing “…a course of instrument flying…in ‘The Jeep’ without Peeping”.

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Escape and Evasion artwork: RAF button

Archives, London, Hangar One, X003-6003/033

Original colour artwork showing how a compass is hidden within a button from an RAF uniform.

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