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Air Ministry Bell

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 70/G/960

Bells have been used for hundreds of years to attract people’s attention. The RAF has used them to warn of fires, air raids, or for fighter pilots to scramble.

Bell engraved with ‘A. M. 1940’ and a crown motif; a rope attached to the top for hanging the bell, © RAF Museum

P.R.4 biographical file on AVM Thomas Geoffrey Bowler, 1944-1949

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/209

This excerpt from an Air Ministry public relations file relates to Air Vice Marshal Thomas Geoffrey Bowler and his appointment as Air Officer Commanding No. 42 (Maintenance) Group.

Typescript sheet titled 'Air Marshal Bowler - and the Bowler Hat', Crown

P.R.4 biographical file on HM King Feisal II of Iraq, 1955

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/353

On 2 May 1955, King Faisal II of Iraq was appointed Honorary Air Vice Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

Typescript sheet, Crown

P.R.4 biographical file on Gp Off Janet Bannatyne, 1959-1965

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/40

This public relations file relates to the career of Group Officer Janet Bannatyne (1911-2011). She was the second woman to command an RAF station.

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P.R.4 biographical file on Flt Lt Peter Thomas, 1943-1945

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/1050

Flight Lieutenant Emanuel Peter Thomas was one of only 60 men from West Africa who served as RAF aircrew during the Second World War.

Typescript document, Crown

P.R.4 biographical file on Wg Cdr Lionel Cohen, 1944

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/208

Wing Commander Lionel Cohen was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944 for his “untiring energy and courage” on active operations.

Typescript sheet titled 'Veteran of 68 adds DFC to DSO and MC', Crown

Aircraft recognition training - Vulcan

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/567

Aircraft recognition training film on the Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft, in which Vulcans are seen in the air and on the ground and the aircraft’s key recognition features are highlighted.

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Aircraft recognition training - Valiant

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/23

Aircraft recognition training film on the RAF’s Vickers Valiant bomber aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s recognition features. Film shows Valiants in the air and on the ground.

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Aircraft recognition training - Bear

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/30

Aircraft recognition training film on the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 bomber aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s recognition features. The Tu-114, the civilian version of the Tu-95, also appears.

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Air Crew Survival at Sea part two: The Multi Seat Dinghy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-4004/002

Training film on survival at sea. The crew of a ditched aircraft board their dinghy and demonstrate survival drills and dinghy features before being found by a maritime patrol aircraft.

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