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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Mead, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/012

Interview with Chris Mead, who flew as a navigator in Beverley and Hercules transport aircraft. He remembers the introduction of Hercules to RAF service and compares it to the Beverley.

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Bitwa nad wyspami Brytyjskiemi: Sierpien-Pazdziernik 1940, (The Battle of Britain: August-October 1940).

Library, In Storage, X001-0922

Air Ministry Pamphlet: The Battle of Britain: August - October 1940, In Polish.

Bitwa nad wyspami Brytyjskiemi: Sierpien-Pazdziernik 1940, (The Battle of Britain: August-October 1940). | X001-0922, Crown ©

Fédération Aéronatique Internationale Medallion, England to Australia Record Flight, 1938

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1994/0364/C

Fédération Aéronatique Internationale Medallion awarded to Flight Lieutenant Henry Hogan, pilot of one of three Vickers Wellesley bombers which took part in an attempt to establish a non-stop world record flight from Egypt to Australia in 1938

Rectangular silver plaque in presentation box lined with green silk and velvet., IAIN DUNCAN

Belgian Congo Coffee Beans

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 80/Z/1199

In an effort to raise morale, RAF aircraft would occasionally drop items that had become unobtainable in occupied countries.

Calico drawstring bag with label, © RAF Museum

Elsanol Chemical Toilet Fluid

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 78/Z/1255

Most multi-crewed aircraft of the 1940s were equipped with an Elsan toilet which required a healthy dose of Elsanol toilet fluid to sanitise the contents.

Rectangular metal tin with screw lid wrapped with yellow paper listing instructions, © RAF Museum

Luftwaffe LKp N101 Flying Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/U/599

Night fighter pilots relied on verbal instructions passed from Ground Controllers to intercept incoming bombers. Once the Bordfunker (radar operator) picked up the target on the aircraft’s equipment he would pass instructions using his throat microphone, guiding the pilot to within visual range of the target.

Luftwaffe LKp N101 Flying Helmet | 65/U/599, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Women's Royal Air Force, Officers Gold Mess Dress Handbag

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X003-0982

RAF personnel are issued with a variety of uniforms to be worn on specific occasions. Mess Dress is the most formal wear worn at special dinners and events.

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

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-3619

At its formation in 1939, the Women's Auxiliary Air Force adopted a cap which was reminiscent of the Women's Royal Air Force cap from the First World War.

Blue grey fabric cap with baggy soft crown, hard peak and decorative cloth band and strap with metal badge, © RAF Museum

No. 2 Dress Hat of a Female Officer

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-0992

In 1994 the Women's Royal Air Force ceased being a separate service and integrated fully into the Royal Air Force.

Blue grey cap with decorative cloth band and embroidered badge, © RAF Museum

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Lancastrian (4-Merlin)

Library, X004-7828

Ministry of Aircraft Production aircraft recognition chart of an Avro Lancastrian. Issue I, December 1945.

Recognition chart showing images from different perspectives of a Lancastrian (4-Merlin), Crown ©

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