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RAF Alor Star, Malaya, 1940
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/013
RAF Alor Star was located in the Kedah Province of Malaya in 1940. RAF Alor Star was the airfield that Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf returned to on 9 December 1941, at the end the operation for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Bristol Blenheim taxies past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/016
A Bristol Blenheim Mk I taxying past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at RAF Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.
Bristol Blenheim in front of a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/018
A Bristol Blenheim Mk I, taxiing past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at RAF Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.
Arthur Stewart King Scarf RAF Scampton 1937
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/005
Arthur Stewart King Scarf in flying gear at RAF Scampton in 1937. As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War.
Other Ranks, Woollen Scarf
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 77/U/120
Airmen frequently found themselves having to work outdoors or in unheated environments where a woollen scarf could be a very welcome accessory.
Bristol Blenheim of No. 62 Squadron in flight, 1941
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/017
A Bristol Blenheim Mk I, of No. 62 Squadron in flight. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was with No. 62 Squadron. As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War.
Arthur Stewart King Scarf and colleagues, No. 9 Flying Training School, RAF Thornaby, July 1936
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/002
Arthur Stewart King Scarf at No. 9 Flying Training School, RAF Thornaby, July 1936. As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War.
A Flight, No. 62 Squadron, 1940
Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/012
A Flight, No. 62 Squadron, whilst at RAF Tengah. This picture, which includes Arthur Stewart King Scarf, was likely taken in 1940.
Tapestry depicting a Supermarine Southampton
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0227/C
Hand embroidered coloured tapestry depicting an RAF Supermarine Southampton aircraft flying over the sea with a small boat below
Experiences in England film, 1940-1941
Film & Sound, X004-9321
In November 1940 two American employees of the Sperry Gyroscope Company, Fred Vose and Joseph Sailor, arrived in the United Kingdom. They carried with them a highly secret new piece of bomb-aiming equipment.
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