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Victoria Cross awarded to Pilot Officer Cyril Joe Barton, 1944

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1996/0329/D

Cyril Barton was a Second World War bomber pilot. He was awarded his Victoria Cross for his actions during the raid on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944.

Single bronze cross pattee on ribbon., RAF Museum

Study for ‘Take Off’: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01177

This detailed compositional drawing represents a Bomber Command crew in a Stirling cockpit. It is one of many preparatory works, drawn on large sheets of paper, which Dame Laura Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums).

Study for u2018Take Offu2019: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Battle of Britain Royal Air Force exhibition, Horse Guards' Parade and Air Ministry Whitehall, 12-18 September 1960

Library, In Storage, X006-4202

Souvenir brochure for the 1960 Battle of Britain week on Horse Guards Parade and in the Air Ministry, Whitehall commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain

Illustration of blue sky, white cliffs, green field, blue sea and yellow sand with red and black text against the sky, Royal Air Force Museum

Vulcan scramble

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC79/151/2

Film in which four Vulcan bomber aircraft are seen on operational readiness platforms beside a runway. An order is given to scramble and the aircraft take off in rapid succession.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Ronald Fuller, 27 May 1975

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC76/1

Interview with Ronald Charles Fuller, who flew in Fairey Battles in France in 1940 and later in flying boats. He was a ground engineer with 463, 467 and 617 Squadrons.

Image pending

Recording of an account of Bomber Command and Pathfinder Force operations, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/72

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie gives an account of Bomber Command operations through the Second World War, with particular reference to the significance of Pathfinder Force operations to the bomber offensive.

Image pending

Recording of short informal interviews with Pathfinder Force veterans, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/71

Recording made at a party for Pathfinder Force veterans, in which a number of men discuss their experiences of Pathfinder operations with Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie.

Image pending

Recording in which members of a Lancaster crew comment on a daylight raid, 14 August 1944

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/74

BBC despatch in which each member of a Lancaster crew comments briefly on a daylight raid from which they have just returned.

Image pending

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 29 Numbers 1471-1532 December 1944-January 1945

Library, In Storage, PR03736

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 29 Numbers 1471-1532. Covers the period December 1944-January 1945.

front page for volume of air staff operational summaries, cream paper with text in black giving numbers and date information, RAF Museum

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 28 Numbers 1410-1470 October-November 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03735

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 28 Numbers 1410-1470. Covers the period October-November 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 28 Numbers 1410-1470 October-November 1944 | PR03735