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Hip Flask, Sgt J. G. Procter

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1940, In Storage, X007-0026

This pewter hip flask belonged to Sargent John Gordon Procter 1162796, who served with the RAF Volunteer Reserves in No. 50 Squadron Bomber Command. He was killed in action 30 August 1941.

Hip Flask, Sgt J. G. Procter | X007-0026, Royal Air Force Museum

Aircraft recognition - Hampden I

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/150

Aircraft recognition training film in which the key recognition features of the Handley Page Hampden are illustrated and described using an animated image of the aeroplane. Key points are reiterated.

Image pending

Recognition of aircraft, part 4 - Hampden, Wellington, Hudson, Whitley and Botha, circa 1940

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC97/282

Second World War aircraft recognition training film on the Handley Page Hampden, Vickers Wellington, Lockheed Hudson, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Blackburn Botha aircraft. Film and diagrams illustrate each aircraft type.

Image pending

Flight Lieutenant Learoyd VC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6309

Flight Lieutenant Roderick Learoyd describes a low-level night bombing raid on an aqueduct carrying the Dortmund-Ems Canal on 12 August 1940. For this action Learoyd was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Image pending

Magnetic mine being loaded into the bomb bay of a Handley Page Hampden Mk I

Photographs, P021820

Minelaying operations, typically referred to as Gardening sorties, represented a considerable part of the RAF's activities throughout the Second World War. The first RAF airborne minelaying operation was completed by a Handley Page Hampden.

Cylindrical mine, on wheeled trolley, being loaded into open bomb bay under an aircraft., Crown