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Slingsby Type 31 Tandem Tutor

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1996, London, Hangar Five, X003-7970

Twin (tandem) seat high-wing basic training glider of wood and fabric construction.

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Mk XIV Bombsight Computor

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/I/370

The Mk XIV Bombsight is a gyro-stabilised bombsight which compensates for the movement of an aircraft by displaying the impact point of a bomb even when the aircraft is not in straight and level flight.

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The Long March by Pamela Taylor, bronze and marble

Fine Art, London, Hangar Five, X003-2106

This memorial to commemorate the Long March was commissioned by the RAF Ex-Prisoners of War Association and unveiled in May 2003. Sculptor Pamela Taylor (1929-2014) based the figure of the airman on a wartime sketch by Ley Kenyon, artist and prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III who survived the march ('Marching Prisoners of War in Greatcoats', FA01916, RAF Museum collection).

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Parachute Harness, RAF, Chest Type

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/1340/S

Most aircrew worked in spaces too small to wear parachutes. Instead a parachute harness was worn to which a parachute pack could be attached via the clips on the front of the harness. .

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Other Ranks, Ankle Boots

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 80/U/1441

The standard issue RAF Other Ranks ankle boots of the 1940s differed little from those adopted in the 1920s or the black ankle boots worn by the RNAS during the First World War.

A pair of black boots, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Other Ranks, Ankle Boots

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 80/U/1442

The standard issue RAF, Other Ranks, ankle boots of the 1940s differed little from those adopted in the 1920s or the black ankle boots worn by the RNAS during the First World War.

Other Ranks, Ankle Boots, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Other Ranks, Woollen Scarf

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 77/U/120

Airmen frequently found themselves having to work outdoors or in unheated environments where a woollen scarf could be a very welcome accessory.

RAF blue scarf, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Mk XIV Bombsight, Sighting Head and Control Panel

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/I/58

The Mk XIV Bombsight is a gyro-stabilised bombsight which compensates for the movement of an aircraft by displaying the impact point of a bomb even when the aircraft is not in straight and level flight. The Mk XIV was first fitted to aircraft of the Pathfinder Force in 1942 and later became the standard sight used by Bomber Command.

Mk XIV Bombsight with switch panel, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Other Ranks, Black Tie, 1936 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 74/U/797

In 1936 the Royal Air Force adopted a new other ranks service dress uniform. This included an open necked jacket with which a shirt, collar and tie was to be worn.

Black necktie, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Other Ranks, Field Service Cap, 1936 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 71/U/37

In 1936 the Royal Air Force adopted a new, other ranks, service dress uniform. Originally, either a service dress or a field service cap was to be worn as part of this uniform.

RAF blue service cap, with two buttons as front, and RAF badge, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum