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Papers of Sergeant Bryan Flathers

Archives, 1944-2021, In Storage, X008-9268

Air crew flying log book, photograph album, scrap book, group portrait, typescript memoir and order of service.

Monochrome group portrait, flying log book and scrap book, Consult the curator

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

An Officer from the Leeward Islands, 303: F/O Kelsick by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00939

Flying Officer Osmond Randolph Howard Kelsick (service number 149954), from Montserrat, joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) in December 1940, after which he undertook pilot training and received his commission in October 1943, flying Hawker Typhoons in air-to-ground attacks with 175 Squadron as part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF) supporting the liberation of Europe.

Head and shoulders coloured chalk portrait, in right profile, wearing RAF uniform with pilot's wings and decoration. Top button of jacket unfastened. Small associative landscape drawing of Leeward Islands on upper right corner., RAF Museum

Consolidated Liberator B.VIII

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1944-JUL 1974, London, Hangar Five, 74/A/790

Although often overshadowed by the B-17 Flying Fortress, the American B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US military aircraft and served with distinction in both war and peace. It also played a major role in service with the RAF.

Consolidated B-24L Liberator, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Caterpillar Club awarded to Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Reed

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, In Storage, X008-8786

The Caterpillar Club awards membership to people whose lives have been saved by baling out of a stricken aircraft using an Irvin parachute. Members are awarded a gold caterpillar pin badge (the caterpillar represents the silk thread from which parachutes were originally made).

Caterpillar Club awarded to Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Reed | X008-8786

An Airman from Seychelles, 314: AC Mellon by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00933

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders portrait, frontally posed, wearing RAF uniform without cap. Left side of face in shadow. Small associative landscape drawing of the Seychelles in upper left corner., RAF Museum

Vickers Wellington B Mk X

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAY 1944-JAN 1955, Cosford, Hangar Three, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/A/171

This Wellington was constructed in 1944 and served with No. 1 Air Navigation Training School between 1949 and 1953. It was not operational in the Second World War but represents the role played in the bombing campaign against Germany. It is one of only two Wellingtons to survive into the present day.

Vickers Wellington on display, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

WAAF from Sarawak, 313: M. Street by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00934

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders coloured chalk portrait of a WAAF from Sarawek wearing RAF uniform and cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Sarawak in lower left corner., RAF Museum

An Airman from Sierra Leone, 315: H. Bundoo Williams by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00932

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders chalk portrait of an airman from Sierra Leone, frontally posed, wearing RAF uniform with Sierra Leone shoulder title, but no cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Sierra Leone in upper right corner, RAF Museum

An Airman from Mauritius, 306: AC2 Lewis Yves Limki by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00937

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders portrait drawing in chalks of young Mauritian airman, figure leaning forward, wearing RAF uniform with forage cap and white flash, with shoulder badge and telecommunications badge. Small associative landscape drawing of Mauritius in lower left corner., RAF Museum

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