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USAAF Memorial Stone

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1984-1986, London, Hangar Five, 1986/0515/C

This memorial was created for the 1984 Liverpool Garden Festival to commemorate the city’s link with the USAAF as a disembarkation point for personnel and equipment.

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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 of an aircraft in dark grey-green, with a black cross on each wing and a swastika on the tail, © RAF Museum

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

Starboard view of Jeep, with serial 20399193-S on front hood quarter and the name 'Betty Grable' on rear-quarter, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

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.

Side view of Battle, showing green and brown upper surfaces and a black under surface., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

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.

Portside view of Messerschmitt 163 Komet on a white background., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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.

Metal machine with individual keys for each letter and interconnecting wires, inside a wooden box, © RAF Museum

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.

Wooden triangular prism-shaped block displaying numbers over two rows: ‘809’ on yellow cards and ‘30+’ on blue cards, © RAF Museum

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.

Side view of a complex instrument made of metal, with a measuring stick fixed in the middle, © RAF Museum

Type C Mk II Bomb Trolley

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945-Circa 1979, London, Hangar Five, 79/O/1724

Bomb trolleys were used to transport munitions from their storage area to aircraft. The versatile Type C trolley could carry a range of bombs of different shapes and sizes up to a weight of 6,000lb.

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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.

Aircraft canopy on a stand, broken glass, two metal arches, metal surround, blue paint and rusting, Iain Duncan