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The Enigma Machine

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1945, London, Hangar Five, 82/R/503

Engima was the trade name for the cypher machine used by the Germans to code their communications, the codes of which changed daily. British listening stations intercepted messages which were then passed to cryptographers at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park to decode.

Metal machine with individual keys for each letter and interconnecting wires, inside a wooden box, © RAF Museum

Junkers Ju 88R-1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 78/A/953

The Junkers Ju 88 was one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. It was adapted as a dive-bomber, night-fighter, intruder, anti-tank aircraft, torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.

Twin-engined aircraft with propellers with light green underside and green camouflage top, © RAF Museum

Rheinmetall, 7.92mm, MG17

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 79/O/1733

The Maschinengewehr 17 or MG 17 was the standard, fixed 7.92mm rifle calibre machine gun in service with the Luftwaffe form 1934 until 1945.

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Operations Room Projector

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, London, Hangar Five, 1998/0189/I

The defence of German airspace was controlled from operations rooms or ‘battle opera houses’. Here, projectors were used to present an overview of the situation on a large map so that an overall defensive strategy could be directed.

Metal projecting tube with slot for slide towards rear. Length of electrical cable. Shaped wooden handle at rear, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Flight to Genoa - Maj Mullock

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1956

The mid-upper gunner of a Lancaster gives his account of a raid on Genoa, describing the flight across France, an attack by a Junkers 88, crossing the Alps and the sight of Genoa burning.

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Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 25 Numbers 1227-1287 April-May 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03732

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 25 Numbers 1227-1287. Covers the period April-May 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 25 Numbers 1227-1287 April-May 1944 | PR03732

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 24 Numbers 1167-1226 February-March 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03731

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 24 Numbers 1167-1226. Covers the period February-March 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 24 Numbers 1167-1226 February-March 1944 | PR03731

Interviews with crew of Sunderland

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6444

Recording in which the Australian crew of a Short Sunderland give an account of an engagement with a Focke-Wulf 200.

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Annie doesn't live here anymore - Aircraftsman Childs (The story of a German aircraft which was brought down by a barrage balloon named 'Annie').

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1856

Recording in which Aircraftsman Childs, a barrage balloon crewman, describes an incident in which a German aeroplane hit the cable of his balloon.

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Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166 December 1943-January 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03730

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166. Covers the period December 1943-January 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166 December 1943-January 1944 | PR03730

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