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Brass Button Stick
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 70/U/749
Brass buttons were fitted to RAF uniforms into the 1960s. They required daily polishing to maintain the standard of appearance required of RAF recruits.
Messerschmitt Bf 110G: Daimler-Benz DB-605B
Library, In Storage, X001-4341
Air Diagram of the Bf 110G: Daimler-Benz DB-605B
Window Bundle
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 78/R/302
The modern day equivalent is known by the American code name Chaff.
Service Dress Hat of Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service Other Ranks
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-9406
Other Ranks were introduced to the Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service during 1956. Their Service Dress hat resembles the tricorn initially issued to the RAF Nursing Service in 1918 but is fashioned out of RAF blue grey material rather than the black felt of the older design.
Aircraft Crash Axe
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 78/T/346
Multi-crew and multi-engine aircraft were equipped with an axe to assist the crew in escaping from it in a crash. These sturdy steel axes had insulated rubber handles designed to allow the axe to be used to cut through live electrical cables.
RAF Cricket Cap
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 83/U/409
Sporting activities, especially team games, have always been encouraged in the Royal Air Force.
Dining Knife
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 71/Z/258
On joining the RAF you would be issued with a number of essential items. This would have included set of eating irons consisting of a knife, fork and spoon.
Air Gunner badge, 1923 pattern
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1987/1492/U
Unofficial sample Air Gunner badge used on Blue Grey Dress and Khaki Drill Uniform
RAF Trade Physical Training Instructor Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X005-4509
The badge of the Physical Training Instructor depicts three arms wielding Indian Clubs.
Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service Tropical Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/185
In the 1920s, the majority of the RAF Squadrons were deployed overseas. 1922 saw the first overseas posting by the RAF Nursing Service when ten Sisters, suitably equipped with tropical helmets, were posted to Baghdad.
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