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Avro Lancaster Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1970, London, Hangar Five, 74/A/12

This Avro Lancaster is a rare survivor of the Second World War and among the most significant aircraft in the RAF Museum’s collection. On average, a Lancaster’s life expectancy was 21 operational sorties, yet this Lancaster flew a total of 137.

Four-engined aircraft with propellers and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Aircraft movements log of advanced landing ground B2 Bazenville, June 1944

Archives, 1944, In Storage, X008-7767

This is a notebook which belonged to Walter James Jarvis, a Senior Flying Control Officer. He coordinated thousands of Allied aircraft during the D-Day landings between June and September 1944

Aircraft movements log of advanced landing ground B2 Bazenville, June 1944 | X008-7767

Invasion of Europe: Normandy Campaign - 1/ First pilot to land in France interviewed by Stewart MacPherson 2/ Evacuation of casualties by air - Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck interviewed by Audrey Russell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6427

Brief interviews with Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck, a nursing orderly, and a Canadian pilot, both RAF participants in Operation Overlord.

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Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 27 Numbers 1349-1409 August-September 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03734

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 27 Numbers 1349-1409. Covers the period August-September 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 27 Numbers 1349-1409 August-September 1944 | PR03734

Freedom of World 1940-45, Plate, Leo Hupkes

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 82/C/822

This Delftware plate celebrates the liberation of Holland in 1945. It shows the Battles of Dunkirk (left) and Normandy (right) playing out across the horizon, while the combined emblems of the United-Kingdom and the Netherlands emerge victorious in the foreground.

Delftware plate depicting the Battle of Dunkirk, Battle of Normandy, and a large emblem

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (42-225845 R3-G) of the US 410th Fighter Squadron in flight over Normandy, 26 August 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6021/9

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of USAAF 410th Fighter Squadron soars over Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, 26 August 1944, having been part of the tactical air support provided to the Allied Armies in Europe by the US Ninth Air Airforce.

Aircraft in flight over an island, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 26 Numbers 1288-1348 June-July 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03733

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 26 Numbers 1288-1348. Covers the period June-July 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 26 Numbers 1288-1348 June-July 1944 | PR03733

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt being worked on by engineers at the Thunderbolt Maintenance Depot, Normandy, 26 August 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6020/7

During the battle for Normandy that followed the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the Allies relied on air power to help support their advance.

General view of striped down Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and spare parts amongst trees, with ground crews, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection