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MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-4854

The MBDA Meteor is a beyond visual range air-to-air missile carried by Eurofighter Typhoon, it entered RAF service in 2018 and work is being undertaken for it to be carried by the F-35 Lightning

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Flying Suit, Taylor Buoyant Type

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 80/U/1312

This kapok filled, padded suit provided enough buoyancy to dispense with the need to wear a bulky life jacket. It was favoured by aircrew working in cramped environments like rear gunners.

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MBDA ASRAAM

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-4852

MBDA Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is a within visual range air-to-air missile. The missile can accept target information from the aircraft's sensors or helmet mounted sight, it can also act autonomously.

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431 Maintenance Unit, badge, 1980s

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X004-6287

431 Maintenance Unit was formed at RAF Bruggen in Germany in 1963 and remained there until it was disbanded in 1993 following the end of the Cold War.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Anne-Marie Houghton, 23 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4753

Interview with Anne-Marie Houghton, who served as a navigator in Hercules and E-3 Sentry aircraft. She was involved in operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan and commanded 54 Squadron.

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9250lb Cylindrical Anti-Dam Mine or 'Bouncing Bomb'.

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/O/1192

This is a replica of the famous ‘bouncing bomb’ used by No. 617 Squadron to destroy dams in the Ruhr Valley.

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First loop - AC2 Baerlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6373

1941 BBC recording, in which a trainee pilot describes his first aerobatic manoeuvre in a Tiger Moth aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Katherine Jean DuPlat-Taylor, 14 November 2017

Film & Sound, X008-4758

Katherine DuPlat-Taylor served as a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) clerk special duties during the Second World War, including postings to RAF Duxford, RAF Coltishall, RAF Blakelaw and Dover Castle.

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Mountain Rescue Badge, Blue/Grey

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X004-5278

Formed during the Second World War, the RAF's Mountain Rescue Service provides search and rescue capabilities primarily for the recovery of crashed aircrews in difficult terrain.

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Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 21 Numbers 983-1043

Library, In Storage, PR03728

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 21 Numbers 983-1043. Covers the period August-September 1943.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 21 Numbers 983-1043 | PR03728

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