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Combat Report of No. 242 Squadron for 1 August 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/035

This combat report records details of an engagement by Green Section of No.242 Squadron on 1 August 1940.

Typescript report, Crown

Initial Combat Report of No. 242 Squadron for 21 August 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/037

Initial combat report from No.242 Squadron claiming a Dornier Do 17.

Typescript report, Crown

Combat report of No. 242 Squadron for 21 July 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/031

This Fighter Command Combat Report relates to 21 July 1940.

Typescript report, Crown

Composite combat report of No. 242 Squadron for 11 July 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/030

This Fighter Command Combat Report relates to 11 July 1940, and gives brief details of a combat between a Hawker Hurricane piloted by Squadron Leader Bader and a Dornier Do 17 off the coast of Cromer.

Typescript report, Crown

Medals of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 76/D/709

Douglas Bader defied all expectations as a double leg amputee to become one of the most successful fighter pilots of the Second World War with 20 confirmed victories.

Eight medals on individual ribbons with different stripe patterns in multiple colours, © RAF Museum

Log Book of Group Captain Douglas Bader

Archives, In Storage, B354

This logbook belonged to Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader. His life was encapsulated in the film 'Reach for the Sky' (1956).

An open page of a book, with printed lines and handwritten entries, © Crown Copyright

Advance Intelligence Report of No. 242 Squadron for 30 July 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/033

No.242 Squadron intelligence report of a Hawker Hurricane pursuit of two Dornier Do 17s into cloud over a convoy off the east coast.

Typescript report, Crown

Details of Aerial Combats of No. 242 Squadron on 15 September 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/044

Combat reports for No. 242 Squadron for an engagement with an enemy formation over London at midday on 15 September 1940.

Typescript report, Crown