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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander James Storrar, 12 May 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/45

Interview with Wing Commander James 'Jas' Storrer, who flew during the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. He served in various other roles including commander of 239 Wing in Italy.

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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

Walter 109-500A-1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1987/0083/E

Liquid-fuelled rocket assisted take-off unit, jettisoned from aircraft and reusable. Egg-shaped pod with tubular metal frame on top to attach to aircraft. Perspex panel on one side shows motor; funnel shaped combustion chamber exhaust exits from right.

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Bitwa nad wyspami Brytyjskiemi: Sierpien-Pazdziernik 1940, (The Battle of Britain: August-October 1940).

Library, In Storage, X001-0922

Air Ministry Pamphlet: The Battle of Britain: August - October 1940, In Polish.

Bitwa nad wyspami Brytyjskiemi: Sierpien-Pazdziernik 1940, (The Battle of Britain: August-October 1940). | X001-0922, Crown ©

Compilation of Second World War German aircraft footage, 1930s-1940s, reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8110/001

Film consisting of several short clips showing a number of Second World War German fighter, bomber and transport aircraft, flying boats and gliders in the air and on the ground.

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Würzburg Radar Indicator Unit

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 82/R/713

German air defence relied heavily on radar. Early warning was provided by the Freya radar system while Würzburg Radars were used for ground-controlled interception. This unit was used to direct searchlights and flak guns.

RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Fighter Pilots - Operations over Northern France

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3400

Recording in which several Spitfire pilots make brief comments on a bomber escort sortie to Bethune, during which several Messerschmitt 109s were destroyed in exchange for no British casualties.

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Dining Chair, German Air Force 1933-1945

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-8531

It’s not unusual for occupation forces to utilize their previous foe’s equipment. In the case of this Luftwaffe dining chair, that use would stretch for roughly 50 years.

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Carving Chair, German Air Force 1933-1945

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-8541

It’s not unusual for occupation forces to utilize their previous foe’s equipment. In the case of this Luftwaffe dining chair, that use would stretch for roughly 50 years.

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Night Fighter Operational Flying Clasp (Silver)

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X004-0866

The Luftwaffe introduced flying clasps as a way of acknowledging an aircrew’s operational experience. A bronze clasp represented 20 operational flights, silver 60 and gold 110.

Night Fighter Operational Flying Clasp (Silver) | X004-0866, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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