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Browning, 0.303in, Mk. II*

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 74/O/10

The Browning machine gun was adopted by the RAF following trials in 1934. Although the gun was selected, work was needed to make it suitable for use with British ammunition.

Rectangular breech to the left of a cylindrical barrel, © RAF Museum

Hucks Starter

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X008-0999

Most aircraft engines had to be started by swinging the propeller by hand until Captain Bentfield Hucks invented the Hucks Starter just after the First World War. It could start engines more quickly and with less risk of accidents.

Open top four wheeled vehicle with long raised shaft projecting from the front, RAF Museum

Beret of an Officer

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 85/U/712

Berets were introduced into service by the RAF Regiment in 1943. They were produced in this knitted form and in barathea fabric.

Blue grey beret with wire badge at front, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of Women's Royal Air Force Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/305

Cut to the same pattern as the cap issued with the initial khaki uniform, WRAF personnel were issued with a pale blue uniform for home dress.

Blue grey fabric peaked cap with baggy soft crown and embroidered eagle and crown badge, © RAF Museum

USAAF Shoulder Badge, 9th Air Force

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1986/0465/U

The 9th was the US’s tactical air force for the invasion of Europe. By autumn 1944 most units had relocated to the continent, serving beside the RAF’s 2nd Tactical Air Force.

USAAF Shoulder Badge, 9th Air Force | 1986/0465/U, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Anti Glare Mk 8 Flying Spectacles

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 84/U/383

As well as making you look stylish, sunglasses serve a useful role in aviation by lessening the sometimes substantial glare of the sun as it is reflected off the top of cloud cover.

Circular sunglasses with gold wire rims, © RAF Museum

Powdered Egg

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1993/0631/G

Two thirds of the food consumed in the UK during the Second World War had to be imported by sea. Safeguarding this maritime lifeline became a vital task for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.

Rusty metal can with label reading: This can contains 12 eggs in powder form, © RAF Museum

RAF, Type G.22 Camera Gun

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 77/I/395

Type G.22 camera gun, produced by the Williamson Manufacturing Company Limited, London.

RAF, Type G.22 Camera Gun, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Study for ‘Take Off’: Flight Engineer by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01176

This preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling, a Flight Engineer, is one of many Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums), in which she represented a Stirling bomber crew at RAF Mildenhall preparing for flight.

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 1943, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Royal Aero Club membership badge, 1936

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 79/U/1656

The Royal Aero Club worked closely with the Air Ministry to promote aviation as a sport, awarding licences and organising races.

Royal Aero Club membership badge, 1936 | 79/U/1656, IAIN DUNCAN

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