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Belt Feed Mechanism, Hispano, 20mm, Mk 3, Right Hand, 7G/1041

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, In Storage, X008-9066

By guiding an ammunition belt round a cam, a Belt Feed Mechanism extracts a round from its link and presents the round ready to be fed into the cannon’s breach.

Belt Feed Mechanism, Hispano, 20mm, Mk 3, Right Hand, 7G/1041 | X008-9066, Royal Air Force Museum

Hydraulic Pump, Bristol Blenheim Mark IV

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 1997/0031/C

Recovered from its crash site near Kaas, this pump belonged to a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV R3802 that was shot down during RAF No. 82 Squadron’s raid of the Aalborg Airfield, Denmark, 13 August 1940.

Hydraulic Pump, Bristol Blenheim Mark IV | 1997/0031/C, Royal Air Force Museum

Hazard Warning Flag

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, London, Hangar Five, X002-7592

Warning flags were used to mark the locations of unexploded bombs and other possible hazards.

Red rectangular flag on a wooden stick, © RAF Museum

Rose Brothers Type R Gun Turret

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945-Circa 1950, London, Hangar Five, 73/O/403

The Rose Turret was fitted with two .5in. / 12.7mm Browning Heavy Machine Guns instead of the rifle calibre .303in. / 7.7mm versions which had been the standard armament for turrets during most of the war. When introduced in July 1944, they enabled gunners to engage enemy fighters with greater force and at longer range.

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1,000lb General Purpose (GP) Bomb, Mk 2

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/O/1028

General Purpose bombs were the standard air dropped munitions used by the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War.

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250lb Target Indicator (TI) Bomb, Mk 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, 67/O/488

Target indicator bombs such as this 250lb bomb were used by Pathfinder aircraft such as Mosquitos to mark targets with brightly coloured pyrotechnics. They could be used as waymarkers or as an aiming point for the following aircraft.

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Letter to the wife of Pilot Officer William Meade Lindsley Fiske from a family friend at the Offices of the War Cabinet, 17 August 1940

Archives, 17 AUG 1940, In Storage, X003-0363/003/001

Letter to the wife of Pilot Officer William Meade Lindsley Fiske from a family friend at the Offices of the War Cabinet, 17 August 1940

Handwritten letter to the wife of Pilot Officer William 'Billy' Meade Lindsley Fiske, Royal Air Force Museum / RAF Museum

Letter to Rose Fiske from Flight Lieutenant Waterlow, adjutant of No. 601 Squadron, 23 August 1940

Archives, 23 AUG 1940, In Storage, X003-0363/003/003

Letter to Rose Fiske from Flight Lieutenant Thomas Gordon (Tom) Waterlow, the adjutant of No. 601 Squadron, 23 August 1940

Handwritten letter to the wife of Pilot Officer William 'Billy' Meade Lindsley Fiske, Royal Air Force Museum / RAF Museum

Corgi Motorcycle

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/V/1650

Small, lightweight motorcycle with 98cc two-stroke engine. Painted overall dark green.

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Messerschmitt Bf 110 Fragments

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, X005-0836

Wreckage of a Messerschmitt Bf 110 C shot down by Flying Officer Ludwik Paszkiewicz, No. 303 (Polish) Squadron on 30 August 1940. The victory was shared with Pilot Officer Wicks of No. 56 Squadron. Paszkiewicz's victory was the first achieved by No. 303 Squadron in the Battle of Britain.

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