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Battle of Britain week souvenir programme: Midland region A: 1950

Library, In Storage, R013577

Royal Air Forces Association Midland Region ‘A’ Battle of Britain Week, September 11–17 1950 souvenir programme. With a forward by The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Birmingham

Outline map of England with aircraft flying above as group of enemy aircraft approach over the sea. In blue, red and white, Royal Air Force Museum

Battle of Britain: A souvenir

Library, In Storage, X005-3486

Souvenir booklet published by the Royal Air Forces Association commemorating the Battle of Britain with a foreword by Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding

Light blue background depicting the sky with streaks of white and image of aircraft and a stained-glass window. Text in black, Royal Air Force Museum

Unveiling of window commemorating "The pilots of the Royal Air Force who, in the Battle of Britain, turned the work of our hands into the salvation of our country": Programme Tuesday 11 January 1949

Library, In Storage, X003-5908

Programme with the timetable and order of service for the unveiling of a window commemorating the RAF Battle of Britain pilots 11 January 1949, including a description of the window by the designer

Cream page with black text opposite a mottled grey blue page stamped with RAF Museum Library stamp, Royal Air Force Museum

Supplement to the London Gazette of Wednesday 10th September 1946: The Battle of Britain

Library, In Storage, PR02874

Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday the 10th of September 1946. Wednesday, 11th September 1946 ‘The Battle of Britain, The Air Ministry, September 1946’

Tan page with black text and image of the royal coat of arms of lion and unicorn supporting a shield and crown, RAF Museum

Address to Battle of Britain pilots by Burgomaster of Overysche, 18 September 1946

Archives, In Storage, A335

Speech given by the mayor of Overysche, Victor De Waet, to honour the British and Belgian pilots who flew during the Battle of Britain.

Second Page of Address by Burgomaster of Overysche, RAFM

Recorded interview with Group Captain Jonathan Duncan Hutchinson, 29 October 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/004

Jonathan Hutchinson, who served as a pilot in Venom, Meteor, Javelin and Lightning aircraft in the UK and overseas. He was an instructor and commanded 5 Squadron with Lightning aircraft.

Image pending

Denholm - Air Battle with Italians

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6331

Account of an engagement between Spitfires of 603 Squadron and CR.42s of 18 Gruppo off the south-east coast of England on 23 November 1940.

Image pending

The Deep Blue Sky

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5625

Film on the development of RAF jet aircraft in the 1940s and 1950s, featuring various scenes of Hunter and Javelin fighter aircraft and Canberra, Valiant, Victor and Vulcan bomber aircraft.

Image pending

Studies of Contrails by Rudolf Sauter, watercolour and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00172

These four studies of aircraft contrails come from a body of drawings of the subject which Rudolf Sauter made in October 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Later, he also depicted iridescent watercolours of Fighter Command aircraft flying at dawn.

Rudolf Sauter chalk drawing of fighter aircraft contrails during the Battle of Britain, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1989/0210/D

‘Sammy’ Allard was an exceptional and highly popular pilot who destroyed at least ten German aircraft during the Battle of Britain.

Five medals on individual ribbons in multiple colours and patterns, © RAF Museum