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Pilot's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1920 Pattern of Wg Cdr Alfred Kitchener Gatward
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940s, In Storage, X008-8805
This qualification badge, commonly referred to as ‘Wings’, is awarded to individuals who have completed their pilot training and remains the most coveted badge in the Royal Air Force.
No. 32 Squadron Scoreboard
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 66/C/90
Traditionally squadrons recorded their performance against enemy aircraft, showing victories, probables and damaged. This scoreboard is from No. 32 Squadron, based at Biggin Hill, a key target for the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.
Spitfire Mark I Windscreen
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 80/A/1142
This armoured windscreen from a Spitfire Mk I was damaged by machine gun fire on 9 September 1940 during the Battle of Britain. The pilot was Sub Lieutenant Arthur Blake RN from No. 19 Squadron based at Fowlmere.
HMAFV Bridlington.
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1958, In Storage, 1992/0195/C
In 1946, HMS Bridlington was transferred to the Royal Air Force and was renamed His Majesty’s Air Force Vessel (HMAFV) Bridlington. HMAFV Bridlington was crewed by RAF personnel
Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Fincher Brookes, 1940-1964
Archives, 1940-1964, In Storage, X008-9273
Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Brookes, who was awarded the DFC and bar and AFC. He began his operational career with No.103 Squadron, flying Wellingtons on bombing operations.
Belt Feed Mechanism, Hispano, 20mm, Mk 3, Right Hand, 7G/1041
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, In Storage, X008-9066
By guiding an ammunition belt round a cam, a Belt Feed Mechanism extracts a round from its link and presents the round ready to be fed into the cannon’s breach.
Hydraulic Pump, Bristol Blenheim Mark IV
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 1997/0031/C
Recovered from its crash site near Kaas, this pump belonged to a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV R3802 that was shot down during RAF No. 82 Squadron’s raid of the Aalborg Airfield, Denmark, 13 August 1940.
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