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Legion d'Honneur, Order of the, Chevalier, of Flight Lieutenant Michael Weller
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-1655
Awarded posthumously to Weller by the French Government in recognition of his service as a flying instructor at Meknes Air Base where he served from June 1954 on a NATO exchange posting with the French Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision with another French aircraft in February 1956.
Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA01183
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.
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