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Voluntary Work for the Forces Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-4410

The Voluntary Work for the Forces badge was awarded during the Second World War. To earn a badge you had to contribute at least three months (about 600 hours) voluntary work in aid of the war effort.

Round red badge with the letters V W intertwined in silver above a motto, set in a silver casing with a sculpted lion on top, © RAF Museum

Observer Corps Armband

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 78/U/619

The Observer Corps, later Royal Observer Corps, was a civil defence organisation formed in 1925 to detect, identify, track and report aircraft in the skies over the UK.

Armband in black and white striped fabric with a metal clasp and ‘Observer Corps’ in red stitching, © RAF Museum

Medals of Air Commodore Al Deere

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-1918

RAF Spitfire pilot Al Deere was perhaps the most famous of the many New Zealanders who joined the RAF and fought in the Second World War.

Ten medals on individual ribbons with different stripe patterns in multiple colours, © RAF Museum

RAF Flying Badge of an Air Gunner

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 74/U/816

During the late 1930s an aircrew brevet for Air Gunners was introduced resembling the Observer's badge worn by other non-pilot aircrew.

Single wing shaped cloth badge with initials AG, © RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Air Marshal Sir Ralph Squire Sorley

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X005-4201

The medals of Air Marshal Sir Ralph Sorley, comprising gallantry awards and campaign medals.

Medal Bar of Air Marshal Sir Ralph Squire Sorley | X005-4201

General Service Combat Helmet Mark 6

Aircraft & Exhibits, X004-1113

During the late 1980s, UK forces replaced the Mk 6 steel combat helmet with the Mk 4 helmet made of resin-bonded nylon.

Domed hard nylon ground combat helmet covered in camouflage fabric, © RAF Museum

Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery Coupon Card

Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-2374/009

During the Second World War food and other essential items were rationed to protect their supply. 70% of the sugar consumed by the UK was imported, and it was subject to strict rationing from January 1940.

Official paper pass with handwritten details and signatures, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mark 1A

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1996/0414/U

The Mk 1A helmet introduced an attached visor and could still be found in second-line roles into the early 2000s.

Silver hard crash helmet and slideable plastic sun visor, © RAF Museum

RAF Mark VI Cable Cutter for Barrage Balloon Wire

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 71/A/1189

This wing-mounted cable cutter was powered by a small explosive charge and was intended to cut barrage balloon wires if an aircraft became entangled in them. The balloon cable would run into the notch, triggering the charge, which released a sharp blade like a chisel to sever the cable.

Chrome instrument, © RAF Museum

Jigsaw Puzzle of H2S Display

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 73/K/552

By assembling jigsaw puzzles like this one of Oslo Fjord in Norway, RAF navigators learned to recognise places from the way they were displayed on H2S ground mapping radar screens.

36-piece jigsaw puzzle showing a black and white map of islands, Jigsaw Design & Publishing © RAF Museum

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