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Pilot's Flying Log Book of Major Robert Edward Aylmer Werge Hughes-Chamberlain, 1917-1937

Archives, In Storage, X001-2302/002

Born in South Africa Hughes-Chamberlain gained his Royal Aero Club license at Brookland in February 1915. This log book cover the period following his return to the air after being wounded over the Western Front.

Small manuscript log book, Crown

Type F.N.1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1937-1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 70/O/428

Faster aircraft speeds made it hard for gunners to control their machine guns. Frazer-Nash produced a hydraulically powered turret which included a shield for the gunner. The ‘lobster back’ turret was fitted to the Hawker Demon fighter.

Type F.N.1 | 70/O/428, Royal Air Force Museum / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Unofficial No. 23 Squadron Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1934, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1990/0243/Y

This illustration of an eagle preying on a falcon is No. 23 Squadron's crest, and the Latin motto 'Semper aggressus' means 'Always having attacked'.

Drawing on fabric of an eagle with a falcon in its claws, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Bristol Bulldog Mk IIAs flying past during the Royal Jubilee Review, RAF Mildenhall, 1935

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/5518/10

As part of the King George V's Silver Jubilee on 6 July, 1935, the RAF chose RAF Station Mildenhall as one of two venues to host a royal review of the RAF. A third of the RAF's entire strength – 38 squadrons with 370 aircraft – took part in the royal review.

Cameramen film aircraft flying overhead at RAF Mildenhall, 1935, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection