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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.

Rectangle of brass with a large slot in the middle, © RAF Museum

Messerschmitt Bf 110G: Daimler-Benz DB-605B

Library, In Storage, X001-4341

Air Diagram of the Bf 110G: Daimler-Benz DB-605B

Me 110G aircraft drawing with cutaway view of internal layout, Consult Collection Curator before use / RAF Museum

Window Bundle

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 78/R/302

The modern day equivalent is known by the American code name Chaff.

Beige cardboard and paper stack with string handle, © RAF Museum

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.

Shallow-domed crown, blue fabric hat with brim curled up at sides and back, with plastic badge at front, © RAF Museum

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.

Chrome-headed axe with black rubber handle, © RAF Museum

RAF Cricket Cap

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 83/U/409

Sporting activities, especially team games, have always been encouraged in the Royal Air Force.

Soft sports cap in red and white alternate segments, © RAF Museum

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.

Metal knife and silver plate spoon, © RAF Museum

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

On a rectangular patch of dark blue Melton with rounded top corners, a winged bullet in pale blue embroidery., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

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.

Circular brass badge formed of three arms holding exercise clubs with letters PTI in the centre, © RAF Museum

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.

Hard, cream-coloured fabric helmet with thick, wide brim, © RAF Museum

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