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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Norman Hurst, 15 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4830

Norman Hurst completed national service with the RAF. He remembers being a clerk in the Transport Command Operations Room, training as a plotter at RAF Bawdsey and the Berlin Airlift.

Image pending

The Battle of Britain

Library, In Storage, 009175

Unknown edition of Air Ministry Pamphlet 156 ‘Battle of Britain’. Issued by the Air Ministry August 1943

Black and brown cover of booklet with black and white text and title in bold. With brown border visible on two sides of page, Crown

Flying Officer Wilfred M Sizer DFC, No. 213 Squadron by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03284

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain.

Flying Officer Wilfred M Sizer DFC, No. 213 Squadron by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal on paper, Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard DFC, DFM by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1649

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC), to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain. It was illustrated in Orde's 1942 book 'Pilots of Fighter Command: Sixty-four Portraits'.

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard DFC, DFM by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper, 1940, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, part two, 17 November 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/34

Sir Kenneth Porter continues to discuss working with communications in the Battle of Britain and Operation Overlord, including tours with 11 Group Fighter Command, 83 Group and 2 Tactical Air Force.

Image pending

Royal Air Force Cosford At Home Day souvenir book to commemorate the Battle of Britain anniversary, 17 September 1960

Library, In Storage, X005-3491

Souvenir book for RAF Cosford’s ‘At Home’ Day commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The inset with information about the Station and they flying programme has been removed

Picture of silver aircraft against blue and white sky with yellow borders at top and bottom with text in blue, black and red, Royal Air Force Museum

Programme from the world premiere of the film "Battle of Britain", at the Birmingham Odeon, 15 Sept 1969

Library, In Storage, X006-4207

Programme for the world premiere of the film “Battle of Britain” at the Odeon Theatre, New Street, Birmingham on Monday 15 September 1969

Cream page with thin black border, black text and small box outlined in black with black text, Royal Air Force Museum

Battle of Britain Memorial: Unveiled by His Majesty King George VI on 10 July 1947

Library, In Storage, 005430

Unveiling of the Battle of Britain memorial at Westminster Abbey by His Majesty King George VI on 10 July 1947, the seventh anniversary of the first day of the battle

Battle of Britain Memorial: Unveiled by His Majesty King George VI on 10 July 1947 | 005430

Interrogation of General Galland, famous fighter pilot of the German air force, and the birth, life and death of the German day fighter arm (related by Adolf Galland) 1945

Library, In Storage, 010766

The Battle of Britain from the perspective of Adolf Galland who was Gruppenkommandeur of III Jagdgeschwader 26 at the start of the battle then promoted to Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 26 in August 1940

Tan page with title printed in black and stamped with the RAF Museum stamp. List of names written in red in top corner, Royal Air Force Museum

Shrapnel

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0829/Z

This assortment of metal fragments from bombs and anti-aircraft shells, known as shrapnel, was donated to the RAF Museum by Mr Moulden who collected them as a child in 1940 during the Second World War.

Assortment of metal fragments, © RAF Museum