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Douglas XGAM-87 Skybolt

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0048/O

In 1958 several US contractors demonstrated to the USAF that large ballistic vehicles could be launched from strategic bombers at high altitude. The contractors argued that this alternative means of ballistic missile launch overcame the vulnerability of fixed silo launch sites. In response, the USAF requested specific Air Launched Ballistic Missile, (ALBM) design proposals. As a result, Douglas Aircraft received the prime contract to develop an ALBM, the project initially being known as GAM-87. In 1960 the project was renamed Skybolt and Douglas sub-contracted to Northrop, Aerojet and General Electric.

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Yakovlev Yak-28 Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-3661

Twelve percent scale model of Soviet bomber used for radar imaging trials.

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Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-27 Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-3666

Twenty-six percent scale model of Soviet ground attack aircraft used for radar imaging trials.

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USAF Type MS22001 Oxygen Mask

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1986/0912/U

Green rubber face mask with permanently fixed mask tube assembly entering at the bottom of the mask, microphone mounted centrally above the tube and expiratory valve behind it.

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Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6763

The Russian Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty (infantry fighting vehicle) was designed at the height of the Cold War. The BMP-1 went into production in the early 1960’s and marked an important departure from previous armoured personnel carriers.

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Douglas Thor

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1958-1963, Cosford, Hangar Four, 73/O/1389

In 1955 the USAF started to develop an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The project, designated 315A, was given top priority. In December 1955, the Douglas Aircraft Company was awarded the prime contract. The 315A was re-designated SM-75 THOR and delivered to USAF in October 1956.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1955-1985, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1994/1338/A

The MiG-15 was the first Soviet production aircraft to feature a swept wing design, pressurized cockpit, and ejection seat. Production of the MiG-15 was authorised in March 1948 and by the end of the year a substantial number had entered service.

SB Lim-2 /MiG 15 -Bis 112O on display in the National Cold War Exhibition Cosford., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Berlin Wall Section

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-8589

In 1961 the German Democratic Republic (GDR) built a wall to close the border between East and West Berlin, forming a barrier between the Soviet and Western sectors of the city.

L-shaped concrete slab with neatly painted graffiti, RAF Museum

RAF Flying Helmet Type G

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 69/U/775

Blue-grey fabric helmet with internal, padded leather telephone holders retained by press-studs.

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Tupolev Tu-22 Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X001-2149

Scale model of twin engined transonic Soviet bomber used for radar echoing area trials. Painted as Red 14.

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