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Head and Breast Set

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 67/R/448

This standard General Post Office equipment was widely used by RAF personnel during the Second World War. It enabled the wearer to make and receive calls while freeing their hands for other tasks.

Telephone system with a mouthpiece and phone connector on a neck strap, attached to headphones by a thin cord, © RAF Museum

Observer Corps Armband

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/U/1371

The Observer Corps, later Royal Observer Corps, was a civil defence organisation formed in 1925 to detect, identify, track and report aircraft in the skies over the UK.

Armband in black and white striped fabric with a metal clasp and ‘Observer Corps’ in red stitching, © RAF Museum

The origin and history of the Observer Corps

Library, In Storage, X004-3041

Air Ministry Pamphlet No.48, 3rd edition, July 1938

Printed pamphlet, Crown

Royal Observer Corps, Rottingdean by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1900

As an Official War Artist, Roland Vivian Pitchforth undertook many commissions through the War Artists' Advisory Committee during the Second World War. This watercolour shows a Royal Observer Corps observation post. It was commissioned by the Admiralty as part of a series representing naval vessels and subjects related to maritime warfare around the British coastline.

Roland Vivian Pitchforth watercolour of Royal Observer Corps observers at an observation post in Rottingdean, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Defence of Great Britain against air attack: Handbook for plotters at an observer centre

Library, In Storage, R009787

At the start of the Second World War the UK had a highly developed air defence network which was dependent on information gathering and dissemination. Providing commanders with timely intelligence with which to make decisions and deploy their forces accordingly.

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Head and Breast Set

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 67/R/449

This standard General Post Office equipment was widely used by RAF personnel during the Second World War. It enabled the wearer to make and receive calls while freeing their hands for other tasks.

Telephone system with a mouthpiece and phone connector on a neck strap, attached to headphones by a thin cord, © RAF Museum

Microtelephone Assembly Type 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 67/R/720

In addition to her rank and wireless operator's trade badges, Flight Sergeant Avis Hearn's Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) tunic also carries the ribbon of the Military Medal.

Blue-grey lady's military-style jacket with stripes and badges on the sleeves with earphones and microphone hung around the c, RAF Museum

Air Defence of Great Britain: Instructions for observer posts 1938

Library, In Storage, 001047

At the start of the Second World War the UK had a highly developed air defence network which was dependent on information gathering and dissemination. Providing commanders with timely intelligence with which to make decisions and deploy their forces accordingly.

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31 Group, Ptn 1970s

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X004-2084

1st edition of Air Ministry Pamphlet AMP 31 ‘Memorandum as to departmental procedure regarding applications for visits by foreign service aircraft’. Issued by the Air Ministry January 1935

Image pending

Air defence pamphlet number three: Observer systems

Library, In Storage, X008-6058

Air Publication No.3145/3

Air defence pamphlet number three: Observer systems | X008-6058, Crown