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Rolls-Royce Kestrel XVI

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1935, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1997/0106/E

In 1925, Rolls-Royce began designing a radically new 12-cylinder engine in which each of the two banks of six cylinders were formed from a single aluminium-alloy block. Named the Kestrel, the engine was fitted with hand-starting gear and could achieve up to 745 hp at 14500 ft. in later models.

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Handley Page Hampden TB Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-04 SEP 1942, In Storage, 1994/1340/A

An RAF crew were flying this Hampden, a torpedo bomber variant, to the Soviet Union to help protect Arctic convoys, when it was shot down by German fighters on 5 September 1942.

Handley Page Hampden, RAF Museum / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

RAF Pilot's Flying Logbook of Squadron Leader Lawrence Seymour 'Benny' Goodman

Archives, 01 OCT 1942-30 APR 1946, In Storage, X008-5374

Benny Goodman was born in London to a Jewish family and joined the RAF in 1939. He trained as a pilot and joined No. 617 (Dambusters) Squadron in 1944. His logbook contains the entry of his attack on the battleship Tirpitz on 29 October 1944.

RAF Pilot's Flying Logbook of Squadron Leader Lawrence Seymour 'Benny' Goodman | X008-5374

Papers of Flying Officer Bruce Philip Horton Lacey, 1946-1953

Archives, 1946-1953, In Storage, X008-4428

Collection of photographs, letters, scrapbook, diaries and a pilot's flying log book.

Papers of Flying Officer Bruce Philip Horton Lacey, 1946-1953 | X008-4428

Rolls-Royce Derwent 8

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1997, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0054/E

Turbojet as fitted to several marks of the Gloster Meteor. Fully restored complete with jet pipe and displayed on stand.

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7000lb, Thermo-Nuclear, Yellow Sun, Practice, Inert

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1960-1965, Cosford, Hangar Four, 69/O/109

Yellow Sun was the first thermonuclear weapon developed for operational service in the United Kingdom. Yellow Sun Mk1 was essentially a boosted fission weapon with a yield of about 500Kt. Yellow Sun Mk2 had a larger yield of 1Mt. The name referred to the bomb's casing, which could contain various different warheads.

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Bomb Trolley for Yellow Sun Nuclear Weapon

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960-1965, Cosford, Hangar Four, 69/O/110

Large light blue painted four wheeled movement trolley for Yellow Sun Thermo-nuclear bomb.

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British Aerospace Harrier GR9A

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1990-DEC 2010, London, Hangar Six, X005-5972

The Harrier GR9A resulted from a collaborative partnership between McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace to produce a second-generation Harrier based on the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B.

White jet engine with red and white emblem on its tail, © RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Corporal Brian Burgess, 10 December 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5688

Brian Burgess joined the RAF Police in the 1960s. He served in the UK, Singapore and in Berlin, guarded nuclear weapons and provided cover for a civilian fire brigade strike.

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Canberras at RAF Cottesmore

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/15

Film in which a number of Canberra aircraft, of various different versions, are seen at RAF Cottesmore in May 1974 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Canberra’s first flight.

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