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Combat Helmet Mk 4

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1956-1990s, London, Hangar One, X004-1187

Introduced in the closing stages of the Second World War, the Mk 4 helmet continued to serve as the standard British combat helmet for over 40 years.

Khaki hard steel helmet with chinstrap, covered in fabric netting with fabric 'leaves', © RAF Museum

Unit Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X004-8562

The Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight, better known as Crash and Smash, are responsible for the movement of airframes by land.

Circular cloth badge showing a dazed duck on the back of a lorry, © RAF Museum

Fabric Doll of Amy Johnson

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X006-8956

Amy Johnson achieved international celebrity when she became the first female pilot to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930. She went on to attempt and set a number of other record-breaking flights, some of which are recorded on the doll's sashes.

Cloth doll in flying clothing including helmet, goggles and flying boots, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mark 4B

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1996/0423/U

Using the same helmet shell as the MK 4A, the Mk 4B introduced a universally adjustable cradle harness to the interior.

Green hard-shell protective helmet with Perspex visor in a black fabric cover, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1993/0191/U

The year after Service Dress caps were reinstated, the wearing of coloured bands to distinguish Apprentices and Boy Entrants was reintroduced.

Blue grey fabric cap with black peak and scarlet cloth band and black strap, with a metal badge, © RAF Museum

Hand Stamp

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 71/T/420

Like any organisation the RAF has to deal with a lot of administration. This hand stamp was used in the Air Ministry to mark the approval of a specific department.

Metal stamp with wooden handle, © RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Air Chief Marshal Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1997/0254/D

Given his huge influence in the success of the RAF in the Battle of Britain, Sir Hugh Dowding has relatively few medals.

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

Message Dropping Streamer

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/R/970

Before radio communication became available in military aviation, messages from aircraft to troops on the ground would be handwritten and dropped in a message bag.

Ribbon folded into a Z shape with each section a different colour, red, yellow and blue, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Hat of Women's Royal Air Force Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1998/0253/U

This peaked hat replaced the pill box style Service Dress hat which had been in use from the late 1950s. It was retained when the Women's Royal Air Force merged with the RAF. In 1996 the metal badge was replaced with an embroidered version.

Blue grey fabric cap, with encircling brim, turned up around the back and sides and plastic badge, © RAF Museum

Women's Junior Air Corps Field Service Cap

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1992/0348/U

Until the 1980s the Air Training Corps was only open to male cadets. Girls with an interest in aviation could join the Women's Junior Air Corps which, during the 1960s, became the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets, and is still active today.

Blue grey fabric cap with two metal buttons at front and metal badge on left side, © RAF Museum

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