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Distinguished Flying Medal of Leading Aircraftman James Arthur Skingsley

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X002-6506

Leading Aircraftman James Skingsley was acting as a stand-in crew member aboard the Vickers Wellington piloted by Squadron Leader James Booth on 18 January 1943. Attacked by a night fighter, Skinglsey ignored an order to evacuate and helped Booth save the crew and the aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader George Leonard Johnson, 29 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6748

Squadron Leader George “Johnny” Johnson, who was an air gunner and bomb-aimer with 97 Squadron and a bomb-aimer with 617 Squadron during the Second World War, including the dams raid.

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Excavating Tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1834

After selling numerous Home Front pictures to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, Cole was appointed an Official War Artist. For his first commission in 1943 he recorded the German Siege of Malta in its last months.

Excavating a tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum

Papers of Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Reed, 1942-1995

Archives, 1942-1995, In Storage, X008-9272

Collection of papers comprising of a flying log book, scrap book, miscellaneous letters, periodicals and photographs.

Papers of Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Reed, 1942-1995 | X008-9272

English Electric Canberra PR.3 WE139

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1953-1969, London, Hangar Three/Four, 69/A/695

The Canberra long-range, photo-reconnaissance aircraft was one of several versions of the Canberra bomber, and one of the success stories of the post-war British aircraft industry. Many British-built aircraft were exported and production also took place under licence in the United States of America and Australia.

Front view of BAC Canberra photographic reconnaissance aircraft on display at the RAF Museum London, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Distinguished Flying Medal of Sergeant George Hawkins

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X008-9582

Hawkins won his DFM as a Leading Aircraftman whilst serving as the air gunner on a Bristol Blenheim. The Blenheim undertook a highly successful reconnaissance over north-west Germany on 31 October 1939. The DFM was awarded on 8 March 1940 by which time Hawkins had been promoted to Sergeant.

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Pilots flying log book of Wing Commander John Searby, 1940-1950

Archives, 1940-1950, Cosford, Hangar Three, X004-2322/002

This pilot’s flying logbook belonged to Gp Capt John Henry Searby.

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A Bahamian Flight Engineer, 289: Sergeant Basil Johnson by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00942

Basil Lawrence Ivan Johnson (1920-2004), from New Providence, the Bahamas, arrived in Liverpool on 19 September 1941 to join the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR).

Head and shoulders chalk portrait of a Bahamian airman, in profile facing left, wearing RAF uniform with Flight Engineer's brevet, shoulder eagle and title and Pathfinder badge. Small associative landscape drawing of the Bahamas in upper left corner, RAF Museum

Friday the Thirteenth (Artwork from Halifax 'F' LV907)

Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1944-JUN 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/A/188

From its earliest days, RAF personnel used artwork on aircraft to boost morale. During the Second World War nose art became increasingly flamboyant.

Friday the Thirteenth (Artwork from Halifax 'F' LV907) | 70/A/188, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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