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RAF apprentice plastic name badge, 1960s

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960s, In Storage, X008-9145

Plastic name badge issued to William Pixton who joined the RAF as an apprentice technician in the mid 1960s.

White plastic badge upon which is attached red Dymo tape with the wording 671 PIXTON, 115 ENTRY., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Type Z aircrew torch

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960s-1970s, In Storage, X008-9146

Type Z aircrew torch manufactured by Bardic Systems Ltd, Southampton. RAF vocabulary number 5A/1085992.

Thin black cylinder with cord attached at one end and a small lens at the other., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Hawker-Siddeley Vulcan B.2 XL318

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1961-1981, London, Hangar Five, 82/A/393

The Vulcan was the second of the Royal Air Force’s ‘V bombers’ and like the Valiant and Victor provided part of Great Britain’s nuclear deterrent force for 15 years until the Royal Navy’s Polaris submarines took over the the deterrence role in 1969.

Port side view of Avro Vulcan on a white background., © RAF Museum

Westland Whirlwind HAR.10

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1961-DEC 1981, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0012/A

This airframe is the first Bristol Siddeley Gnome engined Whirlwind HAR.10 aircraft to have been manufactured. It made its first flight on 28 March 1961. The Whirlwind HAR.10 was so successful that it remained in RAF service for 21 years, the last squadron converting to the Westland Wessex in 1982

Westland Whirlwind HAR 10 on display at Hendon, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

RAF Hendon Station Commanders

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1967-Circa 1987, In Storage, 1996/0273/C

The Station Headquarters building at most RAF Stations features a board such as this, recording all Station Commanding Officers. They are responsible for the station but not the units based there.

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Ground Servicing, Blue Steel Missile, Mk. 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1962-1969, London, Hangar One, 71/O/379

Yellow painted servicing trolley for Blue Steel nuclear missile.

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Pilot’s flying log book of Air Vice Marshal David Conway Grant Brook, 1 June 1962-17 July 1989

Archives, 01 JUN 1962-17 JUL 1989, In Storage, X008-7741/004

Pilot’s flying log book of Air Vice Marshal David Conway Grant Brook, 1 June 1962-17 July 1989

Pilot’s flying log book of Air Vice Marshal David Conway Grant Brook, 1 June 1962-17 July 1989 | X008-7741/004

Hunting H126

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1962-MAY 1970, In Storage, 85/A/63

The Hunting H126 was an experimental type designed to add research data rather than enter production.

Yellow high wing biplane, with a circular jet intake in the nose, on display at the RAF Museum, RAF Museum

Hawker-Siddeley Blue Steel

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1962-DEC 1969, London, Hangar One, 71/O/378

Started privately by AV Roe in 1954, a contract was eventually placed by the Ministry of Supply in 1956 for a stand-off missile to carry a Thermonuclear device with a 1 mega ton yield.

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Royal Aero Club gold medal

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1963, In Storage, 1996/0297/C

In recognition of his huge contribution to the development of aviation, Geoffrey de Havilland was awarded the Royal Aero Club gold medal in 1963. From the early 1920s, the de Havilland company produced many successful airliners and training aircraft for airlines, flying schools and record breakers.

Gold plate decorated with wings around the rim, in the centre the Greek god Hermes with his left foot on a rock., © RAF Museum

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