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Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1989/0210/D

‘Sammy’ Allard was an exceptional and highly popular pilot who destroyed at least ten German aircraft during the Battle of Britain.

Five medals on individual ribbons in multiple colours and patterns, © RAF Museum

Squadron Leader Reginald Sawrey-Cookson DFC, DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1718

This pastel portrait is one of many made by Eric Kennington during his two-year full-time Official War Artist commission with the Air Ministry through the War Artists' Advisory Committee. A renowned portraitist, he was tasked with portraying high-ranking men in the RAF.

Squadron Leader Reginald Sawrey-Cookson DFC, DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Communications Room by Elva Blacker, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04234

This watercolour shows personnel at work in the Communications Room at RAF Biggin Hill, a station that played a key role in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Elva Blacker watercolour of an RAF communications room, © Estate of Elva Blacker, 2020 / RAF Museum

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VIII) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01169

This compositional study is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Dame Laura Knight watercolour and graphite study for 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' painting, of WAAFs operating a barrage balloon, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

It Happened to Us! by Carel Weight, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00793

After writing to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in December 1939, asking to become an Official War Artist, Carel Weight received a commission to represent ‘bombing in a suburban district with people still going about their daily affairs’.

Carel Weight painting of Wimbledon trolley bus pursued by a Luftwaffe fighter and bomber aircraft, © The Estate of Carel Weight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Bath, Most Honourable Order of the, Knight Grand Cross, Military, Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 71/D/1158

The Order of the Bath has its origins in the 14th century but was revived by King George I in 1725. The Knight Grand Cross is the highest grade.

Bath, Most Honourable Order of the, Knight Grand Cross, Military, Badge | 71/D/1158

Flugzeugerkennungsdienft Unterrichtsfilm: Eindecker Einmotorig

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/12/1

German aircraft recognition training film in which Messerschmitt 109, Junkers 87, Blackburn Skua, Hawker Hurricane and Junkers 34 aircraft are seen on the ground, passing overhead and in air-to-air footage.

Image pending

Flying manoeuvres Seaton Carew West Hartlepool 14th May 1914

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/50/1

Film in which B.E.2 aircraft of 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps land on a beach at Seaton Carew. A large number of people are seen gathering to see the aircraft.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Peter Chadwick, 26 November 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4809

Interview with Pete Chadwick, who served as a pilot in Whirlwind helicopters in Borneo and on search and rescue operations in the UK. He later converted to Sea King helicopters.

Image pending

RAF Alor Star, Malaya, 1940

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/013

RAF Alor Star was located in the Kedah Province of Malaya in 1940. RAF Alor Star was the airfield that Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf returned to on 9 December 1941, at the end the operation for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

RAF Alor Star airfield with location of petrol dump and landing hazards marked, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum