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Fairey Battle Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-OCT 1940, London, Hangar Five, London, Hangar Five, 1990/0691/A

This Battle served with Coastal Command in Iceland for a brief period from August 1940 before crashing in bad weather. Its two crew members were injured but were able to reach safety after a two-day walk which included crossing three rivers.

Side view of Battle, showing green and brown upper surfaces and a black under surface., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Fragment of Hawker Hurricane fabric mounted in frame of aircraft aluminum

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1940, In Storage, 1988/0903/C

Fragment of doped fabric taken from fin flash of Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb Z3235 bearing flying sword painted in red on the white section.

vertical red, yellow and black stripes with red winged sword on yellow stripe, Royal Air Force Museum

Handley Page Hampden TB Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-04 SEP 1942, In Storage, 1994/1340/A

An RAF crew were flying this Hampden, a torpedo bomber variant, to the Soviet Union to help protect Arctic convoys, when it was shot down by German fighters on 5 September 1942.

Handley Page Hampden, RAF Museum / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Plotting Block, Hostile Raid

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-6553

Plotting blocks and counters were used in Operations Rooms in the Second World War and particularly in the Battle of Britain to track the movements of incoming formations of enemy aircraft.

Wooden triangular prism-shaped block displaying numbers over two rows: ‘H01’ on yellow cards and ‘40+’ on blue cards, © RAF Museum

Plotting Block, Friendly Forces

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, X008-4179

Plotting blocks and counters were used in Operations Rooms in the Second World War and particularly in the Battle of Britain to track the movements of incoming formations of enemy aircraft.

Wooden triangular prism-shaped block displaying numbers over two rows, with a metal rod topped by a yellow card, © RAF Museum

7.92mm, MG15

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, In Storage, 70/O/103

The Maschinengewehr 15 or MG15 was the standard, flexibly mounted 7.92mm rifle calibre machine gun in service with the Luftwaffe form 1932 until 1945.

Image pending

13mm, MG131

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, In Storage, In Storage, 71/O/132

The Maschinengewehr 131 or MG131 was a heavy machinegun in service with the Luftwaffe form 1940 until 1945. Small and lightweight, it was less than 60% of the weight of the comparable US 0.5in Browning Machinegun.

Image pending

Gremlin-type lucky mascot Flight Lieutenant Gerard Lewis

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, In Storage, X002-9192

Flight Lieutenant Gerard Lewis DFC of No. 156 Squadron Pathfinder Force carried this lucky gremlin mascot to ward off bad luck, during his flying career.

doll shaped like a tall gremlin. Brown/burgundy coloured long leg. Short Dark brown body, with mini DFC ribbon. Pointed head., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Papers of Squadron Leader Henry Robert Figg, circa 1944-1982

Archives, Circa 1944-1982 {cg}, In Storage, X008-5385

Small collection of photographs and letters.

Papers of Squadron Leader Henry Robert Figg, circa 1944-1982 | X008-5385

Air Ministry Weekly Intelligence Summary: Numbers 1-25

Library, 06 SEP 1939-23 FEB 1940, In Storage, PR01726

Bound volume of Air Ministry weekly intelligence summaries, nos. 1-25.

Typescript intelligence summary, Crown

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