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Air Ministry Weekly Intelligence Summary: Numbers 26-50

Library, 01 MAR 1940-15 AUG 1940, In Storage, PR01727

Bound volume of Air Ministry Weekly Intelligence Summaries: Numbers 26-50, 1 March 1940-15 August 1940

Typescript intelligence summary, Crown

Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Fincher Brookes, 1940-1964

Archives, 1940-1964, In Storage, X008-9273

Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Brookes, who was awarded the DFC and bar and AFC. He began his operational career with No.103 Squadron, flying Wellingtons on bombing operations.

Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Fincher Brookes, 1940-1964 | X008-9273

Churchill Handkerchief

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1941, In Storage, 1997/0061/C

This commemorative handkerchief, likely printed in 1940, celebrates then Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Britain’s armed forces.

Churchill Handkerchief | 1997/0061/C

Spitfire Mark I Windscreen

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 80/A/1142

This armoured windscreen from a Spitfire Mk I was damaged by machine gun fire on 9 September 1940 during the Battle of Britain. The pilot was Sub Lieutenant Arthur Blake RN from No. 19 Squadron based at Fowlmere.

Shattered glass in an arch-shaped thick metal frame, © RAF Museum

Course note book of Chief Technician Robert Albert Pikesley regarding work of the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, 1945

Archives, Circa 1945 {cg}, In Storage, X008-7749

Manuscript course notes

Exercise book cover

No. 32 Squadron Scoreboard

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 66/C/90

Traditionally squadrons recorded their performance against enemy aircraft, showing victories, probables and damaged. This scoreboard is from No. 32 Squadron, based at Biggin Hill, a key target for the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.

Wingtip with handwritten title, names and scores; RAF roundel design in the centre overlaid with a bow, pearls and horn, © RAF Museum

Eagle Series IV

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, In Storage, 75/I/301

In the 1920s the RAF developed a camera for aerial survey work, manufactured as the F8 for the RAF and the Williamson Eagle for the civil market.

Image pending

Wireless operator's flying log book of Warrant Officer Edward Norris Pay, 10 December 1940-4 September 1945

Archives, 1940-1945, In Storage, X008-9293

Aircrew flying log book and bust-length portrait of Warrant Officer Edward Norris Pay.

Blue cloth covered book., Crown

HMAFV Bridlington.

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1958, In Storage, 1992/0195/C

In 1946, HMS Bridlington was transferred to the Royal Air Force and was renamed His Majesty’s Air Force Vessel (HMAFV) Bridlington. HMAFV Bridlington was crewed by RAF personnel

Rectangular brass ship's nameplate with raised lettering and plate surround and 8 fixing bolt holes, RAF Museum

Westland Lysander Mk. III

Aircraft & Exhibits, AUG 1940-1971, In Storage, 74/A/21

Westland Lysanders are best known for transporting secret agents to and from occupied France during the Second World War. This Lysander first flew with No. 255 Squadron in 1940, but later flew with No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron from October 1944.

Port side view of Westland Lysander on a white background., RAF Museum