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German One Mark Banknote

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1918, In Storage, X003-7956

RAF officers in German prisoner of war camps in 1918 were able to cash cheques and purchase items from their German captors. This note was brought back from Bayreuth prisoner camp by former prisoner of war Lieutenant Wilfred Harry Pollard.

Rectangular bank note with German Gothic script, © RAF Museum

Target map of Berlin, Tempelhof marshalling yard, and Anhalter and Potsdamer stations, target No. 6(d)(vi)70, 1943

Archives, In Storage, B4279

This map shows targeting information for RAF Bomber Command crews attacking Berlin ahead of the Battle of Berlin. The British believed heavy, targeted raids - making use of new aircraft like the Lancaster - on Berlin would defeat Germany and end the Second World War.

Printed map., © Crown

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland DSO - rescue of a Wellington crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1857

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland, a Wellington pilot, gives his account of a raid on Berlin, and his subsequent ditching in the English Channel.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Paul Brown, 11 January 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4815

Paul Brown served as an RAF photographer in the UK, in Singapore and in Berlin with the British Commander-in-Chief’s Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Percy the Penguin Mascot

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 80/C/1656

During the Second World War many Bomber Command aircrew carried lucky charms like Percy the Penguin in the hope that they would protect them from the many hazards they faced while flying.

Grey and white soft toy with large bird-like beak and orange glass eyes, © RAF Museum

Daylight raid on Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1958

Recording in which a bomber crewman describes a daylight raid on Berlin, with little opposition from ground fire or fighters.

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Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809

During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown Copyright (expired) / RAF Museum

Two Czech pilots on Berlin raid

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6391

Two Czech pilots each describe an attack on Berlin through heavy anti-aircraft fire. They describe the sight of the city on fire and express satisfaction with the damage done.

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Flying Officer Hill - raid on Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6438

Recording in which Flying Officer Hill describes his experiences as a wireless operator during raids on Berlin.

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Half a Million Tons and a Goat: A Study of British Participation in the Berlin Airlift 25 June 1948 - 12 May 1949

Archives, In Storage, X008-5387

Electronic copy of a PhD thesis by Richard David Keen regarding the British participation in the Berlin Airlift, submitted in 2013

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