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Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander, Military, Star

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 71/D/935

The Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry awarded to individuals for outstanding contributions to public service. Dame Joanna Cruickshank received the Dame Commander class of the OBE in 1931.

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Hat badge of the Royal Air Force Nursing Service, 1918

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1987/1213/U

The Royal Air Force Temporary Nursing Service was established in June 1918. Princess Mary became the Service’s patron in 1923 and it has been known ever since as Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS).

Hat badge of the Royal Air Force Nursing Service, 1918 | 1987/1213/U, IAIN DUNCAN

Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander, Military, Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 71/D/934

The Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry awarded to individuals for outstanding contributions to public service. Dame Joanna Cruickshank received the Dame Commander class of the OBE in 1931.

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Medal Bar of 3

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 71/D/937

This is the medal bar of Dame Joanna Margaret Cruckshank DBE, the founder and first Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Nursing Service (later Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service).

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Little Ships by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00994

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Little Ships by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas, circa 1943., The Glenbow Museum of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada / RAF Museum.

Welding by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00997

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Welding by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas, circa 1943, The Glenbow Museum of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada / RAF Museum

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1961, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1998/0214/A

The FW190A-8 was a fighter-bomber version of the ‘Butcher Bird’, and was produced in greater numbers than any other sub-type.

Cockpit view of FW 190. Cockpit is partially stripped but contains some instrumentation., RAF Museum / Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Damaged Propellers Arrive at a Maintenance Station by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1793

From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD5014.

Damaged Propellers Arrive at a Maintenance Station by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper, 1942, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Fired Out Engines by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1794

From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD1989.

Fired Out Engines by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper, 1942-43, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Veteran Mechanic by Robert Austin, charcoal and pastel on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1903

From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD607. On loan from the RAF Air Historical Branch (MOD).

Robert Austin pastel drawing of a veteran mechanic, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

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