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Letter from R W Donkin

Archives, In Storage, DC75/57

This letter from a boy to his parents captures the excitement of a child experiencing war. It also reflects public fascination with a new weapon, the Zeppelin.

Sheet of lined note paper with large childish writing, © R W Donkin

The grave of Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf, VC

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/025

The grave of Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf ,VC at Taiping War Cemetery. As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War

Black and white image of headstone with wreath, RAF Museum

Hannah, Sgt John, VC,

Photographs, In Storage, PC76/23/21

Sergeant John Hannah was just 18 years old when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for showing extraordinary courage and devotion to duty during a bombing operation in September 1940.

Portrait of Sergeant John Hannah, VC, Crown

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

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Beaufighter (2-Hercules)

Library, X004-7639

Ministry of Aircraft Production aircraft recognition chart of a Bristol Beaufighter Mark X. Issue 2, February 1945 (Superseding Beaufighter I and VI).