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Tapestry depicting a Handley Page Hastings

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0242/C

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting an RAF Handley Page Hastings aircraft flying in the clouds above a patchwork of fields.

tapestry depicting an RAF Handley Page Hastings aircraft flying in the clouds above a patchwork of fields., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Other Ranks, Black Tie, 1936 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 74/U/797

In 1936 the Royal Air Force adopted a new other ranks service dress uniform. This included an open necked jacket with which a shirt, collar and tie was to be worn.

Black necktie, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Victoria Cross of Sergeant John Hannah

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/D/793

Sergeant John Hannah was just 18 years old when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for showing extraordinary courage and devotion to duty during a bombing operation in September 1940.

Reverse view of Victoria Cross of Sergeant John Hannah, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Hand embroidered tapestry with 1938-1947 in yellow

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0251/C

One of a series of tapestries embroidered by members of the Women's Royal Air Force in their free time as a tribute to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the RAF.

Wooden framed, rectangular hand embroidered blue coloured tapestry with 1938-1947 in yellow., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Tapestry depicting three Westland Wapiti aircraft

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0230/C

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting three RAF Westland Wapiti aircraft flying in formation in the clouds.

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting three RAF Westland Wapiti aircraft flying in formation in the clouds, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Other Ranks, Ankle Boots

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 80/U/1441

The standard issue RAF Other Ranks ankle boots of the 1940s differed little from those adopted in the 1920s or the black ankle boots worn by the RNAS during the First World War.

A pair of black boots, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Photograph of an Avro Lancaster Mk I (JE-C) of No. 195 Squadron dropping supplies over the Netherlands as part of Operation Manna, 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P007095

An RAF Lancaster of No. 195 Squadron, having swapped its usual payload of bombs for food, delivers essential supplies to grateful Dutch civilians.

Civilians cheer an aircraft dropping supplies, © Royal Air Force Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum

Medal bar of Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf, VC

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X008-8790

As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War.

Group of five medals mounted on ribbons., (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Yours Till the Boys Come Home (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, screenprint

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05412

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Airport (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05406

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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