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Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2413
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.
GEE Receiver Type R1355
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X005-2640
GEE was a radio navigation aid with few components, enabling it to be fitted easily to most aircraft requiring a navigator. It acquired a reputation of being simple to operate and gained the nickname ‘the goon box’ as anybody could use it.
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.
Observer Corps Armband
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/U/1371
The Observer Corps, later Royal Observer Corps, was a civil defence organisation formed in 1925 to detect, identify, track and report aircraft in the skies over the UK.
Military Medal of Sergeant Helen Emily Turner
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/D/692
Helen Turner served as a switchboard operator at the busy RAF station at Biggin Hill, as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. On 30 August 1940, during an air raid, she kept on working in order to maintain vital telephone contact with Group Headquarters. She and colleague Corporal Elizabeth Henderson only left when a 500lb bomb crashed through the roof and the building caught fire.
Medal Bar of 9 Air Marshal Sir Harold ‘Micky’ Martin
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1989/0003/D
‘Micky’ Martin was a highly decorated Australian RAF pilot who flew in the Dams Raid of May 1943. He was renowned for his skill at low level flying and completed 83 operations for Bomber Command in aircraft including Hampdens, Manchesters, Lancasters and Mosquitos.
GEE Indicator Type 62A
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X005-3115
GEE was a radio navigation aid with few components, enabling it to be fitted easily to most aircraft requiring a navigator. It acquired a reputation of being simple to operate and gained the nickname ‘the goon box’ as anybody could use it.
Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2414
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.
FuG 212 Airborne Radar Indicator Unit
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1995/0922/R
The German Air Force started to deploy radar equipped night fighters during 1941. In 1943, an improved model of the Luftwaffe’s Lichtenstein radar, the Funkgerät (FuG) 212, was introduced. The indicator enabled the radio operator to guide the fighter to within visual range of Allied aircraft.
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