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RAF Standard Pensioner Recruiter Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1987/1214/U

For those who choose the RAF as a career, their journey will start at a recruiting office. Here the experienced staff will conduct tests and interviews and discuss options with the prospective candidate.

Navy cloth badge mounted on paper sheet with initials P and R, © RAF Museum

King Feisal War Medal

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1995/1000/D

Iraq Active Service Medal also known as King Faisal's War Medal awarded to Leading Aircraftman, later Corporal, Norman George Breadon of the Royal Air Force in the 1930s

Circular bronze medal depicting a crescent, Arabic inscription and two laurel branches. Medal is superimposed on rifles and h, RAF Museum

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

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1993/0400/D

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 | 1993/0400/D

Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service Service Dress Hat

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 68/U/634

In the 1950s, in tropical countries, the blue grey Service Dress and black hat of the Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service was replaced with an all-white uniform including a white felt hat.

White fabric shallow-domed hat with curled brim and crown, eagle and palm leaf badge at front, © RAF Museum

Trolley Accumulator, Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/V/46

The batteries in aircraft were small so the Trolley Accumulator was used to provide the high power needed to start aircraft engines. The engine was used to recharge the batteries in the trolley.

Metal trailer with a large wheel on each side and small wheel beneath the charging set, RAF Museum

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Interior with Pilot and Co-Pilot (recto); Arm and Hand of Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01182

Knight made these charcoal studies for her painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums), which represents a Stirling bomber crew preparing for flight. Based at RAF Mildenhall with No. 15 Squadron, Knight, who did not accompany the crew in flight, posed the men as if they were about to embark on a raid over Germany.

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Interior with Pilot and Co-Pilot (recto); Arm and Hand of Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, 1943. The recto side of the paper bears a loose preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling who, in the oil painting, extends his hand to operate a switch on the flight engineer's panel., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Flying Helmet Type D

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 79/U/448

The Type D was the standard helmet issued in tropical climates during the 1940s. It followed the pattern of the Type C helmet but substituted cotton drill for leather and added a neck flap.

White cotton helmet with cylindrical black plastic headphones with leads fixed to sides, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of a Group Captain in the Polish Air Force in the UK

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1986/0217/U

During the Second World War people from many occupied countries served with the RAF. In 1941 Polish personnel, who made up the largest Allied contingent, negotiated a level of independence which saw them adopt a variation of existing RAF uniform.

Blue grey fabric cap with gold-wire decorated hard peak, cloth band and strap and feather-shield and eagle badge, © RAF Museum

The Gold Donkey Star

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X001-3908

There is a long tradition of mascots associated with RAF training establishments. The first official mascot was a goat by the name of Lewis who transferred from the army to join the permanent staff of RAF Halton in 1944.

Gold metal star with light blue ribbon, © RAF Museum

Pilot, Mess Dress, Ptn 1920

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 71/U/1273

A uniform to be worn in the Officers’ Mess was introduced in 1920. The jacket was worn with miniature medals and special badges, of which the pilot’s wings was one.

Pilot, Mess Dress, Ptn 1920 | 71/U/1273, IAIN DUNCAN

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