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Junkers Ju 88 Recognition Model
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1991/0198/M
This is a British-made model of a Second World War German Junkers Ju 88, used to train RAF personnel, particularly pilots, gunners and members of the Observer Corps, in the vital skill of aircraft recognition.
Model GP, (Jeep)
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1980, London, Hangar Five, 80/V/1288
Quarter-ton 4 x 4 general purpose vehicle manufactured by Ford Motor Company
Fairey Battle Mk I
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-SEP 1940, London, Hangar Five, London, Hangar Five, 1990/0691/A
This Battle served with Coastal Command in Iceland for a brief period from August 1940 before crashing in bad weather. Its two crew members were injured but were able to reach safety after a two-day walk which included crossing three rivers.
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, London, Hangar Five, 85/A/66
The Me163 Komet rocket was deployed by the Luftwaffe in a desperate attempt to combat the Allied strategic bombing offensive during the closing stages of the Second World War. It was the only rocket propelled interceptor ever to be used operationally. It was not as successful as expected, only shooting down nine Allied aircraft for a loss of 14 Komets.
The Enigma Machine
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1945, London, Hangar Five, 82/R/503
Engima was the trade name for the cypher machine used by the Germans to code their communications, the codes of which changed daily. British listening stations intercepted messages which were then passed to cryptographers at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park to decode.
Plotting Block, Hostile Raid
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, London, Hangar Five, X002-6552
Plotting blocks and counters were used in Operations Rooms in the Second World War and particularly in the Battle of Britain to track the movements of incoming formations of enemy aircraft.
Post Instrument Mark IIC
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 67/I/698
Post Instruments were used in the Second World War by members of the Observer Corps as an aide to assess the height, bearing and location of enemy aircraft.
P-51 Mustang Canopy
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 71/A/508
Canopy rail from a P-51 Mustang flown by Captain Howard ‘Pete’ Wiggins, who joined the USAAF in 1942. As part of the US Army 8th Air Force, Howard Wiggins flew fighter aircraft such as P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts on bomber escort missions from bases in the UK.
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