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'Figaro' Emblem of Ian Gleed

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1940, London, Hangar Five, 71/A/222

Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed flew his Hurricane Mk I throughout the Battle of Britain. He had the wily cartoon cat Figaro, from the Disney film Pinocchio, swatting a swastika, painted on his cockpit door.

Parallelogram-shaped green panel with a hand-painted black and white cat standing on hind legs turned to face a swastika, © RAF Museum

'Figaro' Door

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1940, Cosford, Hangar Two, 71/A/221

Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed flew his Hurricane Mk I throughout the Battle of Britain. He had the wily cartoon cat Figaro, from the Disney film Pinocchio, swatting a swastika, painted on his cockpit door.

Parallelogram-shaped green panel with a hand-painted black and white cat standing on hind legs turned to face a swastika, © RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Andrew Crawford Rankin McLure

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X005-5090

Andrew McLure flew with No. 87 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.

Three medals on individual ribbons with different stripe patterns in multiple colours, © RAF Museum