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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Paul Challice, 18 September 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4799

Interview with Paul Challice, who was a radio operator in Beverley transport aircraft and as crewman, winchman and winch operator in Wessex, Whirlwind and Sea King search and rescue helicopters.

Image pending

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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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.

See documentation tab for digital copy., See documentation tab for digital copy.

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

Post Instrument Mark IIC

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 67/I/698

Post Instruments were used in the Second World War by members of the Observer Corps as an aide to assess the height, bearing and location of enemy aircraft.

Side view of a complex instrument made of metal, with a measuring stick fixed in the middle, © RAF Museum

Plotting Counters

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 75/I/536

Plotting blocks and counters were used in Operations Rooms in the Second World War and particularly in the Battle of Britain to track the movements of incoming formations of enemy aircraft.

Nine counters in three shapes: a circle, an arrow and an arrowhead each in red, yellow and blue, © RAF Museum

Observer Corps Armband

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 78/U/619

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

Battle of Britain Royal Air Force exhibition, Horse Guards' Parade and Air Ministry Whitehall, 12-18 September 1960

Library, In Storage, X006-4202

Souvenir brochure for the 1960 Battle of Britain week on Horse Guards Parade and in the Air Ministry, Whitehall commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain

Illustration of blue sky, white cliffs, green field, blue sea and yellow sand with red and black text against the sky, Royal Air Force Museum

Radiac Survey Meter No. 2

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 84/I/97

Type as would have been used by Royal Observer Corp (ROC) for monitoring radiation levels in the event of a nuclear attack on the UK.

Image pending

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