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Royal Aircraft Factory BE2b (Replica)
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Two, 1992/0382/A
The BE2b was a very stable aircraft. On 26 April 1915, in the First World War, 2nd Lt William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse attacked Courtrai Railway Station, Cambrai, Northern France flying BE2b No. 687. Dropping a 100lb bomb he was fatally wounded by ground fire but managed to fly home, and was awarded the first Victoria Cross for an aerial action.
Bath, Most Honourable Order of the, Knight Grand Cross, Military, Star
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 71/D/1159
The Order of the Bath has its origins in the 14th century but was revived by King George I in 1725. The Knight Grand Cross is the highest grade.
Crown of Italy, Order of the, Commander, Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 71/D/1161
The Order of the Crown of Italy was created in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II.
Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Bernard Curtis Rice MC, 1916-1928
Archives, In Storage, X002-5429/001/001
Bernard Rice enlisted into the army four days after the outbreak of war, where he joined the Army Service Corps and served in France as a despatch rider.
Pilots flying log book of Captain George Edward Henry McElroy, 1918
Archives, In Storage, B444
George McElroy was a famous First World War fighter ace, he was awarded the Military Cross and two bars and the Distinguished Flying Cross and bar.
Report by General Smuts on Air Organisation and the Direction of Aerial Operations
Archives, In Storage, B404
This report by General Jan Smuts, a prominent South African military leader, was presented on 17 August 1917 to the UK War Cabinet. It recommends the establishment of a separate air service and is seen as the founding document of the Royal Air Force.
Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Donald Aeneas MacDonald, 1916-1918
Archives, In Storage, B2448
Donald McDonald was born in Canada in 1893, he was living in the United States when he enlisted in the Royal Fleeing Corps in Canada in early 1918.
Roll of RFC officers listed by seniority, 9 July 1914
Archives, In Storage, A274
This Seniority Roll of Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Officers in the Military Wing was issued with orders on 9 July 1914.
In the Air (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04047
Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.
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