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Slide Rule

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 85/I/287

When loading aircraft it is important to ensure that the balance is maintained. This is the task of an Air Quartermaster and the job of loading the freight into a Hastings aircraft was made easier by the use of a slide rule specific to the aircraft type.

Wooden ruler with written annotations, © RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Bill Hassey, 8 November 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7410

Interview with Bill Hassey, who served as an RAF armourer in the UK and with 26 Squadron in Germany, operating Tempest and Vampire ground attack aircraft during the late 1940s.

Image pending

Anglo-American Airlift, Berlin

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 79/C/304

This plate was produced to mark the achievement of the Berlin Airlift.

Image of a painted commemorative dining plate., Unknown

Berlin Airlift 1948

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 79/C/303

This plate was produced to mark the achievement of the Berlin Airlift.

Image of a painted commemorative dining plate., Unknown