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P.R.4 biographical file on AVM Thomas Geoffrey Bowler, 1944-1949

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/209

This excerpt from an Air Ministry public relations file relates to Air Vice Marshal Thomas Geoffrey Bowler and his appointment as Air Officer Commanding No. 42 (Maintenance) Group.

Typescript sheet titled 'Air Marshal Bowler - and the Bowler Hat', Crown

Information regarding entry and service as an officer in the Royal Air Force (General Duties Branch)

Library, In Storage, X004-2845

Air Ministry Pamphlet No.11, 1st edition, November 1925

Printed pamphlet, Crown

Recorded interview with Corporal Christopher Elliott, 28 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5611

Chris Elliott served as a drill instructor at RAF Halton and represented the RAF at tug-of-war. He gives detail on his role as a drill instructor and in competitive tug-of-war.

Image pending

Apprentice Badge, Ptn 1924

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 73/U/381

The encircled four-blade propeller badge was worn by apprentices and boy entrants in the Royal Air Force.

A four bladed propeller set within a ring made of gilding metal, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Folding Chair from RAF Stanley (Falklands) Chapel

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1979-1986, London, Hangar Six, 1998/0166/G

In 1983, in the aftermath of the Falklands Conflict, a shipping container was turned into a chapel for use by RAF personnel based at RAF Stanley and remained in use there until 1986. It contained nine such folding chairs.

Image pending

British Aerospace SRAAM

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0073/M

As a result of the Vietnam War, which highlighted the need for positive visual identification of targets before missile launch, a new need for a Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) was created.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Bernard Carton, 10 December 2019

Film & Sound, X008-5629

Interview with Bernard Carton, who served as an RAF flight engineer in Liberator bomber aircraft operating at night against German targets from Foggia in Italy during the Second World War.

Image pending

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Spitfire 22 Modified (Griffon)

Library, X004-7767

Ministry of Supply aircraft recognition chart of a Supermarine Spitfire Mark F.22 Modified (Griffon). Issue I, December 1946.

Recognition chart showing images of a Spitfire 22 modified (Griffon), Crown ©

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Spearfish T.D.I

Library, X004-7773

Ministry of Supply aircraft recognition chart of a Fairey Spearfish T.D.I. Issue I, April 1947.

Recognition chart showing images from different perspectives of a Spearfish T.D.I, Crown ©

Hydraulic Pump, Bristol Blenheim Mark IV

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 1997/0031/C

Recovered from its crash site near Kaas, this pump belonged to a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV R3802 that was shot down during RAF No. 82 Squadron’s raid of the Aalborg Airfield, Denmark, 13 August 1940.

Hydraulic Pump, Bristol Blenheim Mark IV | 1997/0031/C

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