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The Long March by Pamela Taylor, bronze and marble

Fine Art, London, Hangar Five, X003-2106

This memorial to commemorate the Long March was commissioned by the RAF Ex-Prisoners of War Association and unveiled in May 2003. Sculptor Pamela Taylor (1929-2014) based the figure of the airman on a wartime sketch by Ley Kenyon, artist and prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III who survived the march ('Marching Prisoners of War in Greatcoats', FA01916, RAF Museum collection).

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Peter Chadwick, 26 November 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4809

Interview with Pete Chadwick, who served as a pilot in Whirlwind helicopters in Borneo and on search and rescue operations in the UK. He later converted to Sea King helicopters.

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UK AWACS Commemorative Plate

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-5954

The E-3D Sentry is an Airborne Early Warning platform, often known by the acronym of AWACS due to its Airborne Warning and Control System role. Its systems allow onboard operators to identify and track enemy and allied aircraft and to relay information to commanders on the ground.

Circular porcelain plate showing a Boeing Sentry flying over clouds and countryside, RAF Museum

Tapestry depicting a De Havilland Mosquito

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0235/C

Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting an RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft flying in the clouds.

apestry depicting a De Havilland Mosquito aircraft flying in the clouds, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

RAF Alor Star, Malaya, 1940

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/013

RAF Alor Star was located in the Kedah Province of Malaya in 1940. RAF Alor Star was the airfield that Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf returned to on 9 December 1941, at the end the operation for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

RAF Alor Star airfield with location of petrol dump and landing hazards marked, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

Bristol Blenheim taxies past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/016

A Bristol Blenheim Mk I taxying past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at RAF Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.

A twin-engined monoplane aircraft taxies past a row of single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

Bristol Blenheim in front of a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/018

A Bristol Blenheim Mk I, taxiing past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at RAF Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.

Twin-engined monoplane aircraft in front of a row of single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft as more monoplane aircraft fly overhead, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

Arthur Stewart King Scarf RAF Scampton 1937

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/005

Arthur Stewart King Scarf in flying gear at RAF Scampton in 1937. As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War.

A man in flying clothing, looking happy, RAF Museum

Other Ranks, Woollen Scarf

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 77/U/120

Airmen frequently found themselves having to work outdoors or in unheated environments where a woollen scarf could be a very welcome accessory.

RAF blue scarf, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Bristol Blenheim of No. 62 Squadron in flight, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/017

A Bristol Blenheim Mk I, of No. 62 Squadron in flight. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was with No. 62 Squadron. 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.

Twin-engined monoplane aircraft in flight, in foregroun is the engine of an aircraft, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

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