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Medal Bar of Flying Officer Michael Edmund Staples

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 80/D/1923

Michael Staples was a successful Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain, serving with No. 609 Squadron at RAF Middle Wallop in Hampshire.

Three medals on individual ribbons with different stripe patterns in multiple colours, © RAF Museum

RAF Loadmaster Flying Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1986/0777/U

Aircrew who are not pilots wear a badge with a single wing. This is a badge for a Loadmaster who would be responsible for the loading of transport aircraft and helicopters.

Blue cloth badge with one wing to the right, with initials LM, © RAF Museum

Parachute Rip Cord Handle

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1994/0346/S

Pulling this handle could save your life. Attached to the handle is a length of wire connected to two pins. These pins secure the cover of the parachute.

Rectangular metal handle with trailing wire, © RAF Museum

SD, Officer's, Oxford Pattern, Ptn 1970s

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X008-4508

This shoe forms a pair with X008-4509.

SD, Officer's, Oxford Pattern, Ptn 1970s | X008-4508

Girl's Venture Corps Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X005-1241

Until 1983 the Air Training Corps only accepted male cadets. From 1942 female cadets with an interest in aviation could join the Women's Junior Air Corps.

Triangular silver badge with aircraft motif and blue oval cloth badge with V motif, © RAF Museum

Balaclava by the RAF Comforts Committee

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 69/U/1130

Working in the open during winter, RAF groundcrew welcomed any warm clothing that was available. Fortunately the volunteers of the RAF Comforts Committee were ready to supply RAF personnel with a range of hand-knitted garments.

Blue grey knitted wool balaclava enclosing whole head, neck and shoulders, © RAF Museum

I was a Rich Man's Plaything (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, screenprint and lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05394

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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Medal Bar of Group Captain Geoffrey Brunner

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0470/D

During the Battle of Britain Geoffrey Brunner served with No. 43 Squadron. On 26 August 1940 in a raid off Portsmouth he was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 109. With no radio, engine or hydraulics, covered in petrol and wounded in the ankle, he successfully made a wheels-up landing at RAF Tangmere.

Six medals on individual ribbons with different stripe patterns in multiple colours, © RAF Museum

Officer’s Cuff Eagle Badge 1918 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 66/U/536

In 1918, the RAF adopted various sizes of braid worn on the cuff of a uniform jacket to denote the rank of an officer. Above the braid, a crowned eagle was worn.

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Oxygen Connection Tube, RAF, Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0102/U

A small bore oxygen pipe used to connect aircraft or oxygen bottles with the small bore connectors to later style oxygen masks with large bore pipes.

Oxygen Connection Tube, RAF, Mk I, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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