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Medal Bar of Group Captain Stuart Douglas Culley
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 77/D/172
The medals of Group Captain Stuart Culley including the Distinguished Service Order and campaign medals.
Unit Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X004-8522
One view of an Armourer or plumber, as they are known, is that they are multi-skilled individuals ready to turn their hand to whatever task they are confronted with.
Type F.95, Mk. 7, Camera
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X005-6034
The F.95 cine camera entered RAF service in the early 1950s and remained in use until 2004, it was designed for low altitude, high speed, oblique, daylight photography.
Hand embroidered tapestry with 1968-1977 in yellow
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0254/C
One of a series of tapestries embroidered by members of the Women's Royal Air Force in their free time as a tribute to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the RAF.
Officer's, Pale B/G, Ptn 1918
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 71/U/1249
Air Ministry Weekly Order No. 162 of 1918 introduced a new uniform of pale blue fabric to the same pattern as the khaki uniform worn during the First World War.
RAF Mountain Rescue Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-5279
The RAF Mountain Rescue Service was founded during the Second World War, in recognition of the number of RAF aircraft accidents on high ground areas of the mainland UK. Team members were initially drawn ad hoc from RAF station medical and ground crew.
Mountain Climbing Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 73/U/463
The RAF Mountain Rescue Service can trace its origins back to a unit established during 1942 which was trained and equipped to reach crash sites in the Welsh mountains. While its original purpose was to recover military personnel, the Mountain Rescue Service has spent most of its operational life providing aid to civilians.
RAF 4lb Incendiary Bomb 1944
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/O/37
This type of small incendiary bomb was used to start fires at a target. Usually dropped in containers of 90, they started multiple fires in a small area and were designed to overwhelm the fire-fighting services ranged against them.
GEE Receiver Type R1355
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X005-2640
GEE was a radio navigation aid with few components, enabling it to be fitted easily to most aircraft requiring a navigator. It acquired a reputation of being simple to operate and gained the nickname ‘the goon box’ as anybody could use it.
Flying Helmet Type C
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1996/0433/U
The Type C first appeared in 1941 and became the standard RAF flying helmet for most of the Second World War. In 1944 the design was altered slightly with the addition of an elasticated chin strap and by channelling, the headphone leads to the rear of the helmet.
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