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Plotting Block, Friendly Forces

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1940, London, Hangar Five, X002-6607

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.

Wooden block with white and blue counters on inset shelves, with pole extending vertically from top, surmounted by yellow plate with the numbers 253 in black text, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Plotting Block, Hostile Raid

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, London, Hangar Five, X002-6552

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.

Wooden triangular prism-shaped block displaying numbers over two rows: ‘809’ on yellow cards and ‘30+’ on blue cards, © RAF Museum

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