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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

Daimler-Benz DB 605A Engine

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, 77/E/350

Large twelve cylinder inverted Vee liquid-cooled German World War Two aero-engine. As used on the Messerschmitt Bf 109G.

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Junkers Jumo 004 B-1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/E/1138

Part sectioned German Axial flow turbojet of the Second World War. R

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Junkers Ju 87

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, London, Hangar Five, 78/A/657

The Junkers Ju 87 two-seat dive bomber gained a fearsome reputation during the early years of the Second World War. Its innovative design included louvered dive brakes to ensure automatic recovery from its steep – and highly accurate – dive bombing attacks.

Single engine aircraft with propeller, dark green body and wings, © RAF Museum

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1961, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1998/0214/A

The FW190A-8 was a fighter-bomber version of the ‘Butcher Bird’, and was produced in greater numbers than any other sub-type.

Cockpit view of FW 190. Cockpit is partially stripped but contains some instrumentation., RAF Museum / Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Daimler-Benz DB 610

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/E/15

24-cylinder double-vee inverted in-line piston engine, retaining part of engine nacelle and mounted on substantial metal stand. Consists of two DB 605 engines joined together.

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Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1945-NOV 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/A/69

Me 262s were the first operational jet fighters to enter Luftwaffe service, in April 1944. This example was surrendered to the British in northern Germany at the very end of the war.

Starboard side view of Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a on a white background., (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, London, Hangar Five, 85/A/66

The Me163 Komet rocket was deployed by the Luftwaffe in a desperate attempt to combat the Allied strategic bombing offensive during the closing stages of the Second World War. It was the only rocket propelled interceptor ever to be used operationally. It was not as successful as expected, only shooting down nine Allied aircraft for a loss of 14 Komets.

Portside view of Messerschmitt 163 Komet on a white background., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Treble-Four, the glider tug

Film & Sound, X001-1990

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant James (Jimmy) Edwards, the pilot of a Douglas Dakota (KG444), describes operations on D-Day and during Operation Market Garden.

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Bombing attack on convoy - Charles Gardner, 14 July 1940

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1795

Recording in which Charles Gardner describes an engagement between Spitfires, Junkers 87s and Messerschmitt 109s over the south coast of England.

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