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Wreck of Gloster Gladiator Mk II N5628
Aircraft & Exhibits, 22 APR 1939-25 APR 1940, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/A/472
The Gloster Gladiator was the RAF's last biplane fighter and the first to feature an enclosed cockpit for the pilot. Deliveries began in 1937, with Gladiators continuing to serve in the early years of the Second World War. However, it had been rendered almost obsolete by newer monoplane designs such as the Hurricane even as it was being introduced. Though often pitted against more formidable foes during the early days of the Second World War, it performed reasonably well in combat.
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.
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.
Medal Bar of six medals awarded to Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Reed
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, In Storage, X008-8785
Squadron Leader James Reed was a wireless operator who completed a tour of bombing operations with No. 214 Squadron before undertaking a second operational tour with No. 138 Special Duties Squadron during which time he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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.
Plotting Block, Hostile Raid
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1945, London, Hangar Five, X002-6552
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.
Dornier Do 17Z Wing Section
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, In Storage, In Storage, X006-8340
On 26 August 1940, this Do 17 German light bomber was attacking RAF fighter stations when it was met by No. 264 Squadron flying Defiants. After exchanging fire, it was forced to ditch on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent.
The Enigma Machine
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1945, London, Hangar Five, 82/R/503
Engima was the trade name for the cypher machine used by the Germans to code their communications, the codes of which changed daily. British listening stations intercepted messages which were then passed to cryptographers at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park to decode.
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