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Medal Bar of Group Captain Edgar Roper-Curzon Nanson
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 76/D/686
The medals of Group Captain Edgar Nanson, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross and campaign medals.
USAAF Type M-3 Flak Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1986/0307/U
Head injuries to aircrew were usually serious and frequently fatal. Adopted in 1943, the M-3 featured cut outs over the ears and hinged flaps to accommodate the headphones built into flying helmets.
Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166 December 1943-January 1944
Library, In Storage, PR03730
Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166. Covers the period December 1943-January 1944.
Observer Corps Lapel Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 78/U/622
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.
Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 9 Numbers 253-283
Library, In Storage, PR03716
Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 9 Numbers 253-283. Covers August 1941.
Medal Bar of Squadron Leader Anthony Garforth Miller
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1994/0354/D
After joining the RAF in 1935, Spitfire pilot Anthony Miller led No. 17 Squadron for much of the Battle of Britain.
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.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 83/D/1062
As a pilot during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Nicolson was awarded RAF Fighter Command’s only Victoria Cross.
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