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Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service Shoulder Board

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 77/U/133

There have been nurses serving with the RAF since June 1918 and between 1920 and 1939 it was the only role open to female applicants.

Blue cloth badge with two blue horizontal stripes at the bottom, © RAF Museum

Distinguished Flying Medal of Sergeant Joseph Dygryn

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 80/D/1864

Joseph Dygryn was a successful night fighter pilot awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in 1941 after he shot down a number of German aircraft on bombing missions over London.

Silver oval medal engraved with the profile of King George VI, on a blue and white striped ribbon, © RAF Museum

Message Dropping Streamer

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/R/970

Before radio communication became available in military aviation, messages from aircraft to troops on the ground would be handwritten and dropped in a message bag.

Ribbon folded into a Z shape with each section a different colour, red, yellow and blue, © RAF Museum

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

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1998/0253/U

This peaked hat replaced the pill box style Service Dress hat which had been in use from the late 1950s. It was retained when the Women's Royal Air Force merged with the RAF. In 1996 the metal badge was replaced with an embroidered version.

Blue grey fabric cap, with encircling brim, turned up around the back and sides and plastic badge, © RAF Museum

Women's Junior Air Corps Field Service Cap

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1992/0348/U

Until the 1980s the Air Training Corps was only open to male cadets. Girls with an interest in aviation could join the Women's Junior Air Corps which, during the 1960s, became the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets, and is still active today.

Blue grey fabric cap with two metal buttons at front and metal badge on left side, © RAF Museum

Maple Flag 13 Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X004-8521

Maple Flag is a Canadian run air combat exercise hosted at Cold Lake Air Force Base in Alberta.

Circular blue cloth badge with central red maple leaf, © RAF Museum

British Empire, Most Excellent Order of the, Knight Commander, Military, Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1993/0398/D

The Order of the British Empire was established in 1917 to recognise outstanding work in the First World War and is still awarded.

British Empire, Most Excellent Order of the, Knight Commander, Military, Badge | 1993/0398/D

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02297

In this study for a watercolour (Imperial War Museums collection), Thomas Monnington depicts radar operators charting the position of enemy aircraft on a cathode ray tube (CRT).

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / The artist's estate / RAF

RAF Police Service Dress Cap of Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-9398

The white cloth cover on this Service Dress cap identifies the wearer as a member of the RAF Police.

White fabric cap with black peak and decorative cloth band and strap, with badge, © RAF Museum

GEE Indicator Type 62A

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 80/R/705

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.

RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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