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Messerschmitt Bf 110 Recognition Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 75/M/245

This is a German-made model of a Second World War Bf 110 used to train aircrew, particularly pilots and gunners, in the vital skill of aircraft recognition. It was made by Wiking, a model company still in existence.

Model of an aircraft in khaki green with plastic roundels as the propellers, © RAF Museum

German Air Force 1933-1945, KW s/41 Flying Trousers

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X002-8886

To the victors, go the spoils. These trousers managed to escape destruction by American forces tasked with clearing out a Luftwaffe store and fell into the hands of Dutch civilians.

German Air Force 1933-1945, KW s/41 Flying Trousers | X002-8886, Royal Air Force Museum

FuG 212 Airborne Radar Indicator Unit

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1995/0922/R

The German Air Force started to deploy radar equipped night fighters during 1941. In 1943, an improved model of the Luftwaffe’s Lichtenstein radar, the Funkgerät (FuG) 212, was introduced. The indicator enabled the radio operator to guide the fighter to within visual range of Allied aircraft.

Rectangular light grey painted case housing three cathode ray tubes and ten switches fitted in the face., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Extract from interrogation notes of FM Gerd von Runstedt with regard to air action during "Overlord", circa 1945

Archives, In Storage, AC71/2/43

This is an extract from the interrogation of Field Marshal Von Rundstedt. In charge of the German Forces during the D-Day Landings, he recalls the operational difficulties they experienced first-hand.

Extract from interrogation notes of FM Gerd von Runstedt with regard to air action during

Squadron Leader F.A.F. Maclachan - 'The Intruder'

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1876

Squadron Leader Maclachlan, an RAF night fighter pilot, gives an account of a sweep over France, during which he shot down two German bombers and strafed a train.

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Beaufighter versus Messerschmitt - Pilot Officer Sherwood

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1952

Pilot Officer Sherwood describes an encounter between Beaufighters and Messerschmitts; while evading and drawing the Germans further from their bases one Messerschmitt misjudged a dive and crashed into the sea.

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Ruhrstahl/Kramer X-4

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1987/0060/O

The X4, was developed as an Air-to-Air Missile (AAM), although its use of wire guidance paved the way for modern anti-tank missiles, which often used wire guidance for reliability and immunity to countermeasures.

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Luftwaffe Anti-Aircraft War Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/U/941

Originally devised as qualification badges for aircrew, the use of some trade badges became linked to combat experience. The Anti-Aircraft Badge was awarded according to a points system reflecting the types of engagements that individual had undertaken.

Badge shows a flak gun surrounded by a wreath with a Nazi eagle above., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Captain Eric Melrose Brown, 3 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6791

Recorded interview with Eric Brown, who served as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and as a test pilot, working on deck landing and the testing of captured aircraft.

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Tripod for Flak Binoculars

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X008-7076

Flak binoculars were used during daylight to identify aircraft and provide initial heading information for German anti-aircraft artillery.

Tripod for Flak Binoculars | X008-7076, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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