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Flight Lieutenant Ercoland DSO - rescue of a Wellington crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1857

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland, a Wellington pilot, gives his account of a raid on Berlin, and his subsequent ditching in the English Channel.

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Finucane gets home - Pilot Officer R. Lewis

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1862

Pilot Officer Lewis describes a sortie flown with Squadron Leader Paddy Finucane, during which they attacked a German ship and engaged in a dogfight with two Focke Wulf 190s.

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Type SSQ 981 Sonobuoy

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, 1994/0515/R

The SSQ 981 is a passive sonobuoy used in anti-submarine operations. A passive sonobuoy listens for underwater noises emitted from submarines, such as machinery and aims to eliminate background noises found in the sea such as wildlife and waves.

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Survival Equipment, RAF Kandahar, badge, Ptn 2010

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-4488

Survival Equipment Fitter's badge worn by Cpl Martin Earrey whilst deployed on Operation Herrick to Kandahar AFB in 2010.

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1980's Bomb Disposal overalls badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X003-8965

The RAF maintained a bomb disposal capability until the disbandment in 2020 of 5131 Squadron, the last of the RAF's explosive ordnance disposal units.

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Recording of an interview with Mr. W. Ballantyne, 23 July 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/3

Interview by Squadron Leader Jackson Dymond with Mr. W. Ballantyne, who stowed away in the airship R.34 during its 1919 crossing of the Atlantic.

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RAF Irvin jacket, John Hannah

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/U/786

John Hannah was wearing this Irvin flying jacket on the operation of 15 September 1940 when he won his Victoria Cross.

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500lb Medium Capacity (MC) Bomb Mk 4

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 65/O/1031

The Medium Capacity series replaced the poorly performing General Purpose range as the standard bomb used by the RAF from 1941.

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Studies for 'Take Off': Pilot (recto); Navigator's Map and Equipment (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01181

Knight made these charcoal studies for her painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums), which represents a Stirling bomber crew preparing for flight. Based at RAF Mildenhall with No. 15 Squadron, Knight, who did not accompany the crew in flight, posed the men as if they were about to embark on a raid over Germany.

Studies for 'Take Off': Pilot (recto); Navigator's Map and Equipment (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, 1943. On the verso is a study of the flight navigator's map, pencils and navigation computer., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Window Bundle

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 75/R/704

Window consisted of strips of foil-backed paper dropped from an aircraft in bundles during a raid, and was designed to interfere with German radar.

Window Bundle | 75/R/704, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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