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Fighter command combat report of No. 64 Squadron for 15 August 1940
Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/019/008
Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.
Pilot's flying log book of Captain Richard Stanley Davies RAF, 1918-1919
Archives, In Storage, X001-2352/002
The log book covers Davies' time as an instructor at No.7 Training Depot Station and as a pilot with Ferry Pool and later No.1 (Communications) Squadron.
Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, 28 September 1937-18 June 1943
Archives, 28 SEP 1937-18 JUN 1943, In Storage, X003-7892/001/001
Bird-Wilson joined the RAF in 1937, after completing his flying training he was posted to No.17 Squadron. In September 1938, Brid Wilson was involved in a crash and suffered severe facial injuries, undergoing pioneering plastic surgery.
Letter to Flying Officer Edgar John Wilcox from his sister, 22 August 1940
Archives, 22 AUG 1940, In Storage, X007-1390/003/012
Letter written during the Battle of Britain to Flying Officer Edgar Wilcox, a fighter pilot on No. 72 Squadron, from his sister Jess.
Pilot's flying log book of Lieutenant Francis William Long, 1917-1923
Archives, In Storage, B2162
Francis Long arrived in France in November 1918 just after the armistice, he later served with No.55 Squadron in Iraq from April 1922-October 1923, operating the De Havilland D.H.9a.
Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977
Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32
Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.
No. 600 Squadron Commemorative Ashtray
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1994/0798/C
Smoking was a common recreation in the 1930s, and souvenir squadron memorabilia frequently incorporated smoking materials.
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