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4000lb High Capacity (HC) Bomb, Mk 4

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/O/144

The High Capacity series of bombs ranged in weight from 2,000lbs to 12,000lbs.

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Studio portrait of Squadron Leader Wilfred Edward Jones

Archives, In Storage, X003-7935/002

Wilfred Edward Jones joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1931. Jones served until 1961 when he died whilst serving as a Squadron Leader in the Assistant Chief of Air Staff's Intelligence staff. Jones was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette in 1945

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Enabling key for WE177C nuclear weapon

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X005-0817

Key ring with 5 pin tubular key, blanking plug removal tool and Dzus fastener removal tool, modified with addition of a hexagonal bar to provide an Allen key.

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German POW Camp Identity Tag of Sergeant Leonard Clarke

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1995/0815/U

Flight engineer Sergeant Leonard Clarke was shot down and became a prisoner of war in 1944. He was issued with this identity tag in his POW camp, stamped with his prisoner number.

Miniature skill attached by cord to rectangular piece of silver metal, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

No. 307 Squadron Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 76/U/1380

After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, many Polish airmen escaped to Britain. From 1940, Polish squadrons began to be formed within the RAF, playing an active role in the Battle of Britain.

Silver badge of a crescent and an owl above an aircraft, with the number '307' at the bottom, © RAF Museum

Relay Medallion, No. 34 SFTS Medicine Hat

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 73/C/1130

This medallion was awarded to WO Samuel Murray Stubbs for his efforts in the 440-yard relay, hosted at No. 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, in 1942.

Relay Medallion, No. 34 SFTS Medicine Hat | 73/C/1130

Freedom of World 1940-45, Plate, Leo Hupkes

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 82/C/822

This Delftware plate celebrates the liberation of Holland in 1945. It shows the Battles of Dunkirk (left) and Normandy (right) playing out across the horizon, while the combined emblems of the United-Kingdom and the Netherlands emerge victorious in the foreground.

Delftware plate depicting the Battle of Dunkirk, Battle of Normandy, and a large emblem

Operation Manna Delftware Pendant

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 84/C/787

This small delftware pendant was made by Dutch ceramist Plateelbakkerij Schoonhoven. Featuring a young woman with a basket and an aircraft dropping parcels overhead, it appears to depict the events of Operation Manna.

Operation Manna Delftware Pendant | 84/C/787

Squadron Leader Bulloch - Liberator attacks U-Boats

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1940

Squadron Leader Bulloch describes a 17-hour Atlantic convoy escort patrol in a Liberator, during which he and his crew sighted eight U-boats, attacked seven and confirmed one to be sunk.

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Camouflaged Bombers by Graham Sutherland, gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1754

Better known for his grotesque and surreal visions of bomb damage, Graham Sutherland had also made gouache paintings of bomber aircraft early in the Second World War. Three were purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC).

Graham Sutherland watercolour and gouache of camouflaged bombers, RAF Museum

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