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Friday the Thirteenth (Artwork from Halifax 'F' LV907)
Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1944-JUN 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/A/188
From its earliest days, RAF personnel used artwork on aircraft to boost morale. During the Second World War nose art became increasingly flamboyant.
Birthday candle Leading Aircraftwoman Marion Gomm
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, Cosford, Hangar Three, X001-1530
Leading Aircraftwoman Marion Gomm was a cook at RAF Wyton, headquarters for the Pathfinder Force. This candle was a memento from Marion’s 21st birthday party held in the Sergeants’ Mess in March 1944.
Telegram to Mrs S Chew informing her that her son Flight Sergeant Alan David Chew is missing, 13 August 1944
Archives, AUG 1944, Cosford, Hangar Three, X003-1037/003/001
This priority telegram was sent to the mother of Flight Sergeant Alan David Chew, who failed to return from operations on the night of 12/13 August 1944.
De Havilland Mosquito cockpit door
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 75/C/539
Cockpit door from a No. 29 Squadron De Havilland Mosquito, hand painted with Wing Commander's Insignia, 14 swastika kill markings, and names of aircrew members, March 1945.
30lb Incendiary Bomb
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1994/1176/O
Fires started by incendiary bombs were found to be the most effective way of destroying industrial and urban targets. Between 1941 and 1945, three million 30lb devices had been dropped and approximately 80 million of the more effective 4lb incendiaries.
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- Royal Air Force
- 218 Squadron (RAF) [2]
- Bomber Command (RAF) [2]
- FS Alan David Chew [2]
- 1 School of Air Navigation (RAF) [1]
- 106 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 13 Operational Training Unit (RAF) [1]
- 1483 Target Towing & Gunnery Flight (RAF) [1]
- 158 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF) [1]