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Hawker Hurricane Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1940-MAY 1972, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/A/1404

The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain Hurricanes were more numerous than Spitfires and shot down over 60% of all German aircraft destroyed.

Single engine aircraft with propeller and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum

Signed working script for the film "Battle of Britain", 26 February 1968.

Archives, 1968, In Storage, X005-2124

Working script for the 1969 film "Battle of Britain" with signatures from personnel who flew planes for the production and significant individuals who were present during the actual engagement.

The first headline page of the "Battle of Britain" script, RAFM

Composite combat report of No. 242 Squadron for 11 July 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/030

This Fighter Command Combat Report relates to 11 July 1940, and gives brief details of a combat between a Hawker Hurricane piloted by Squadron Leader Bader and a Dornier Do 17 off the coast of Cromer.

Typescript report, Crown

Teleprinter message from HQ 11 Group to 2 Group and all stations, relating to the parachute dropping of Wg Cdr Douglas Bader's artificial leg over St. Omer, 19 August 1941

Archives, In Storage, DC76/65

Douglas Bader lost his legs in a flying accident in 1931, he learned to walk again with prosthetic limbs and on the outbreak of war managed to rejoin the RAF as a fighter pilot. He was shot down on an operation over France on the 9th August losing one of his artificial legs as he baled out of his Spitfire.

Teleprinter message, Crown

Medals of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 76/D/709

Douglas Bader defied all expectations as a double leg amputee to become one of the most successful fighter pilots of the Second World War with 20 confirmed victories.

Eight medals on individual ribbons with different stripe patterns in multiple colours, © RAF Museum

Log Book of Group Captain Douglas Bader

Archives, In Storage, B354

This logbook belonged to Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader. His life was encapsulated in the film 'Reach for the Sky' (1956).

An open page of a book, with printed lines and handwritten entries, © Crown Copyright

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ray Cooledge, 11 September 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7404

Interview with Ray Cooledge, who served as an RAF airframe fitter and as a pilot in Dakota transport aircraft, including operations between India and China during the Second World War.

Image pending

Details of Aerial Combats of No. 242 Squadron on 15 September 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/044

Combat reports for No. 242 Squadron for an engagement with an enemy formation over London at midday on 15 September 1940.

Typescript report, Crown

Recorded interview with Sergeant Benjamin Dixon, 15 May 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4842

Ben Dixon was a wireless operator and air gunner in Hampden aircraft during the Second World War. While minelaying off the French coast he was shot down and taken prisoner.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3325

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

Image pending