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Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, 28 September 1937-18 June 1943

Archives, 28 SEP 1937-18 JUN 1943, In Storage, X003-7892/001/001

Bird-Wilson joined the RAF in 1937, after completing his flying training he was posted to No.17 Squadron. In September 1938, Brid Wilson was involved in a crash and suffered severe facial injuries, undergoing pioneering plastic surgery.

Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather. See documentation tab for digital copy, Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather. See documentation tab for digital copy

No. 32 Squadron Scoreboard

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 66/C/90

Traditionally squadrons recorded their performance against enemy aircraft, showing victories, probables and damaged. This scoreboard is from No. 32 Squadron, based at Biggin Hill, a key target for the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.

Wingtip with handwritten title, names and scores; RAF roundel design in the centre overlaid with a bow, pearls and horn, © RAF Museum

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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Recorded interview with Sergeant Frederick Victor Bashford, 21 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4772

Vic Bashford served as an RAF electrician during the Second World War, including participation in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and 151 Wing’s deployment to Russia in 1941.

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Medal Bar of Squadron Leader Wilfred Edward Jones

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-4479

Wilfred Edward Jones joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1931. Jones served until 1961 when he died whilst serving as a Squadron Leader in the Assistant Chief of Air Staff's Intelligence staff. Jones was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette in 1945

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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

Victoria Cross of Flying Officer Donald Garland

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 84/D/58

Flying Officer Donald Edward Garland was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the attack on bridges over the Albert Canal on 12 May. Garland led No. 12 squadron's attack on the bridges, in which all the aircraft were shot down. Garland's Victoria Cross was the first awarded to the RAF in the Second World War.

The cross edged with a double line border and a double lined central disc bearing an engraved date, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

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Recording of an interview with Group Captain G M Wyatt, 11 September 1975

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/50

Interview with Group Captain G M Wyatt at the Joint Warfare Establishment, Old Sarum. Gp Capt Wyatt flew Army Co-operation aircraft before and during the Second World War.

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Canadian Pilot - Flight Lieutenant Monk Brown

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6314

Flight Lieutenant Monk Brown, a Canadian Hurricane pilot, describes engagements with Messerschmitt 109s and Messerschmitt 110s during the German invasion of France in 1940.

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