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Victoria Cross of Sergeant John Hannah
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/D/793
Sergeant John Hannah was just 18 years old when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for showing extraordinary courage and devotion to duty during a bombing operation in September 1940.
The history, organization, and channels of working of the RAF Technical Branch
Library, In Storage, X004-3312
1st edition of Air Ministry Pamphlet 209 ‘The history, organization, and channels of working of the R.A.F. Technical Branch’. Prepared by the Directorate of Technical Policy, issued by the Directorate of Command and Staff Training, Air Ministry May 1948
Type F.N.1
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937-1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 70/O/428
Faster aircraft speeds made it hard for gunners to control their machine guns. Frazer-Nash produced a hydraulically powered turret which included a shield for the gunner. The ‘lobster back’ turret was fitted to the Hawker Demon fighter.
Air-to-Air Refuelling Plan, Marham News, South Atlantic Special 1982
Library, London, Hangar Six, X008-4556
The refuelling plan on display is for Operation BLACK BUCK, which required 18 tanker sorties to fuel one Vulcan bomber on a 6,800-mile roundtrip to attack targets on the Falkland Islands. At the time, these were the longest bombing missions ever flown.
Pulley Block from 'The Pitch and Toss'
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 72/C/1353
After being captured in Libya during 1941, Flight Lieutenant George Carmichael of No. 451 Squadron became something of an escape artist; twice he managed to evade his captor.
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