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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.

Metal machine with individual keys for each letter and interconnecting wires, inside a wooden box, © RAF Museum

Type C Mk II Bomb Trolley

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945-Circa 1979, London, Hangar Five, 79/O/1724

Bomb trolleys were used to transport munitions from their storage area to aircraft. The versatile Type C trolley could carry a range of bombs of different shapes and sizes up to a weight of 6,000lb.

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Letters and cablegram to the wife of Pilot Officer William 'Billy' Meade Lindsley Fiske offering condolences and support, 17 August 1940-26 August 1940

Archives, 1940, X003-0363/003

Letters and cablegram received by Rose Fiske, the wife of Plt Off William Meade Lindsley Fiske offering condolences and support. Rose and Billy were married in 1938

Western Union Cablegram, Royal Air Force Museum / RAF Museum

Letter from the Mayor of Kensington to Miss Adela Thornton regarding the Kensington Spitfire Fund, 30 August 1940

Archives, AUG 1940, In Storage, X005-4868

In the letter, the Mayor of Kensington thanks Miss Adela Thornton for her assistance in administering the launch of the Kensington Spitfire Fund.

Letter from the Mayor of Kensington to Miss Adela Thornton regarding the Kensington Spitfire Fund, 30 August 1940, Crown ©

Trolley, Primer, Oil

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940s-1950s, London, Hangar Three/Four, X004-9280

Small but heavy spoked-metal wheeled oil primer with cylindrical oil container and two compressed air vessels to the rear, plus pair of handles for ease of movement and complete with flexible hose for delivering oil to the aircraft's engine.

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Miles Magister Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1965, Cosford, Hangar Two, 71/A/1416

The Miles M14 Magister is a two-seat monoplane basic trainer aircraft which was used in large numbers by the RAF and other friendly air forces. Presently on loan to Museum of Army Flying

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Commemorative Plaque from Hudson Aircraft T9465

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1943, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0134/C

Large rectangular gilded metal plaque. Decorated edging plus inscription.

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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 Badge, Service Dress, 1920 Pattern of Wg Cdr Alfred Kitchener Gatward

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940s, In Storage, X008-8805

This qualification badge, commonly referred to as ‘Wings’, is awarded to individuals who have completed their pilot training and remains the most coveted badge in the Royal Air Force.

Pilot's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1920 Pattern of Wg Cdr Alfred Kitchener Gatward | X008-8805, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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

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