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Papers of Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee, 1958-1983
Archives, 1958-1984, In Storage, X008-9264
Collection of five flying log books, photographs, certificates and papers relating to the RAF service of Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee.
Papers of Group Captain Claude C. O'Grady, 1925-1953
Archives, 1925-1953, In Storage, X008-7738
Papers of Group Captain Claude C. O'Grady, includes four pilots flying log books, ephemera and a large quantity of photographs.
English Electric P1A
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1954-1982, In Storage, 1987/0014/A
The first flight of P1 WG760 was on 4 August 1954, just 10 years after the RAF’s first jet aircraft, the Meteor, entered squadron service. It was experimental and was the basis for the RAF’s front line fighter, the English Electric Lightning.
Westland Whirlwind HAR.10
Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1961-DEC 1981, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0012/A
This airframe is the first Bristol Siddeley Gnome engined Whirlwind HAR.10 aircraft to have been manufactured. It made its first flight on 28 March 1961. The Whirlwind HAR.10 was so successful that it remained in RAF service for 21 years, the last squadron converting to the Westland Wessex in 1982
Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a
Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1945-NOV 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/A/69
Me 262s were the first operational jet fighters to enter Luftwaffe service, in April 1944. This example was surrendered to the British in northern Germany at the very end of the war.
Sopwith F1 Camel
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1936, London, Hangar Two, 74/A/18
The Camel was the highest scoring British fighter of the First World War. It took its name from the hump over the breeches of the two machine guns.
Boulton Paul Defiant Mark I
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1944, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/A/16
The Defiant introduced a new tactical concept in two-seat RAF fighter design by concentrating all armament in a four-gun turret behind the cockpit. During the Battle of Britain, it proved no match for German fighters and was quickly withdrawn from daylight operations and moved to a night-fighter role.
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