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1920s RAF Recruiting Sign

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1990/0217/Z

One of the more appealing aspects of the military service has always been the opportunity to see far off lands and this RAF recruiting sign, from the 1920s, is certainly pushing that concept.

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Medical Officer’s Collar Badge 1918 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1933, London, Hangar Three/Four, 66/U/1139

Medical officers in the RAF can be distinguished by their collar badges depicting the Caduceus of Mercury or, in this example, the Rod of Asclepius.

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Officers, Fleet Air Arm, Appointment Badge, Ptn 1925

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1990/1077/U

Royal Air Force Officers serving with the Fleet Air Arm would wear this badges on the centre of their left jacket sleeve, directly above the rank lace.

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De Havilland Flying School Lapel Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 85/U/1520

The De Havilland Aircraft Company was one of the leading aviation enterprises of the interwar period. Along with designing and manufacturing aircraft, De Havilland produced their own engines and established their own Flying School.

De Havilland Flying School Lapel Badge | 85/U/1520, IAIN DUNCAN

Womens Royal Air Force, Members, Shoulder Eagle Badge, 1918 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/U/578

Members in the Womans Royal Air Force, wore shoulder badges on their uniform jackets depicting an eagle with outstretched wings embroidered in white on a backing of black Melton.

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Officer’s Cuff Eagle Badge 1918 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 66/U/536

In 1918, the RAF adopted various sizes of braid worn on the cuff of a uniform jacket to denote the rank of an officer. Above the braid, a crowned eagle was worn.

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Briefcase of The Right Honourable, Sir Samuel Hoare

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 65/C/777

A brown leather, Civil Service issue briefcase which belonged to The Right Honourable, Sir Samuel Hoare who served as Secretary of State for Air between 1922 and 1929 and again in 1940.

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Armband, Fire Party, 1934 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 69/U/1099

Worn on the right arm, armbands were used to identify personnel carrying out a specific duty.

Fire Party, Ptn 1934, red with FIRE in bold black text, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Red Snow, Nuclear Warhead

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1962-Circa 1969, London, Hangar One, 73/O/210

This green cylinder contained the Red Snow thermo-nuclear warhead fitted to the Blue Steel standoff missile and provided the weapon with its yield of roughly one megaton.

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Flying Jacket Liner, Long Range Development Unit, RAF

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0329/U

This flying jacket liner was produced for the RAF’s Long Range Development Unit whose Vickers Wellesleys set a long-distance flight record flying direct from Egypt to Australia in November 1938.

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