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General Service Combat Helmet Mark 6

Aircraft & Exhibits, X004-1113

During the late 1980s, UK forces replaced the Mk 6 steel combat helmet with the Mk 4 helmet made of resin-bonded nylon.

Domed hard nylon ground combat helmet covered in camouflage fabric, © RAF Museum

Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery Coupon Card

Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-2374/009

During the Second World War food and other essential items were rationed to protect their supply. 70% of the sugar consumed by the UK was imported, and it was subject to strict rationing from January 1940.

Official paper pass with handwritten details and signatures, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mark 1A

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1996/0414/U

The Mk 1A helmet introduced an attached visor and could still be found in second-line roles into the early 2000s.

Silver hard crash helmet and slideable plastic sun visor, © RAF Museum

RAF Mark VI Cable Cutter for Barrage Balloon Wire

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 71/A/1189

This wing-mounted cable cutter was powered by a small explosive charge and was intended to cut barrage balloon wires if an aircraft became entangled in them. The balloon cable would run into the notch, triggering the charge, which released a sharp blade like a chisel to sever the cable.

Chrome instrument, © RAF Museum

Jigsaw Puzzle of H2S Display

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 73/K/552

By assembling jigsaw puzzles like this one of Oslo Fjord in Norway, RAF navigators learned to recognise places from the way they were displayed on H2S ground mapping radar screens.

36-piece jigsaw puzzle showing a black and white map of islands, Jigsaw Design & Publishing © RAF Museum

Desert DPM Combat Hat

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X004-1135

Desert Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) was quickly rushed into production when British forces were sent to the Arabian Gulf ahead of the 1991 Gulf War.

Camouflage pattern soft cotton hat with brim and extended fabric to protect back of the neck, © RAF Museum

Aircrew Helmet Mk 10

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1996/0412/U

The Aircrew Lightweight Protective Helmet Assembly (ALPHA) is made by Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd.

Green hard-shell protective helmet with eye visors inside a fabric cover, © RAF Museum

P-51 Mustang Canopy

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 71/A/508

Canopy rail from a P-51 Mustang flown by Captain Howard ‘Pete’ Wiggins, who joined the USAAF in 1942. As part of the US Army 8th Air Force, Howard Wiggins flew fighter aircraft such as P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts on bomber escort missions from bases in the UK.

Aircraft canopy on a stand, broken glass, two metal arches, metal surround, blue paint and rusting, Iain Duncan

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 18 Numbers 771-860

Library, In Storage, PR03725

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 18 Numbers 771-860. Covers the period January-March 1943.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 18 Numbers 771-860 | PR03725

Lightweight Gymnastic Club

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 71/Z/271

Exercises with Indian clubs such as the one shown here were popular in the early twentieth century.

Wooden club shaped like a rounders bat, © RAF Museum

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