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Observer Corps Lapel Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 78/U/621

The Observer Corps, later Royal Observer Corps, was a civil defence organisation formed to detect, identify, track and report aircraft in the skies over the UK.

Round metal badge with an engraved scene of an observer searching the skies, encircled by a motto in a blue border, © RAF Museum

Head and Breast Set

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 67/R/448

This standard General Post Office equipment was widely used by RAF personnel during the Second World War. It enabled the wearer to make and receive calls while freeing their hands for other tasks.

Telephone system with a mouthpiece and phone connector on a neck strap, attached to headphones by a thin cord, © RAF Museum

Flying Gauntlet, RAF, 1943 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 69/U/447

The 1943 Pattern Flying Gauntlets dispensed with the zip opening of earlier models. They were designed to be worn with pain or electrically heated inner gloves.

RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Tripod for Flak Binoculars

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X008-7076

Flak binoculars were used during daylight to identify aircraft and provide initial heading information for German anti-aircraft artillery.

Tripod for Flak Binoculars | X008-7076, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2415

The details of where Corporal Reeves served and what his role was are not known, other than that he worked as groundcrew during the Battle of Britain. He represents ‘the Many’ who supported ‘the Few’, without whom the Battle could not have been won.

Three six-pointed bronze star medals and three round silver medals - all on individual clasps and five with ribbons, © RAF Museum

Flying Boot, RAF, 1941 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0147/U

The tendency for the 1940 Pattern Flying boot to fall off when parachuting from an aircraft led to a quick redesign incorporating a leather buckle to the bottom of the near identical 1941 Pattern Boot.

Flying Boot, RAF, 1941 Pattern, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

RAF, Type G Oxygen Mask

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/U/834

The Type G Oxygen Mask was introduced during 1942 and remained the RAF’s standard mask for the rest of the war and into the immediate post-war period.

RAF, Type G Oxygen Mask | 82/U/834, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Victoria Cross Awarded to Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, 1945

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 72/D/568

The Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette for his courage and devotion to duty.

Reverse of Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette's Victoria Cross, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Dinghy Pack, RAF, Type C

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0013/U

This item is displayed on a figure depicting the appropriate flying clothing for an air gunner during 1944.

RAF Type C Dinghy Pack, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Reichsluftschutzbund Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 85/U/352

The Reichsluftschutzbund (National Air Raid Protection League) was staffed by men, women and children who organised and trained civilians in all aspects of air raid precautions. They frequently demonstrated great bravery while undertaking their duties.

Reichsluftschutzbund Helmet | 85/U/352, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan