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Engineer's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1942 Pattern of Pilot Officer James Herbert Wolton

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-7317

In 1942, the aircrew position of Engineer was introduced. Their role was to monitor the engine and fuel systems while aiding the pilot in their flying duties.

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Bomber Command basic efficiency certificate issued to Flt Lt E. S. Brierley, 1 November 1952

Archives, In Storage, A120

This certificate was issued to Flight Lieutenant E. S. Brierley to show that he had passed the basic efficiency test of being able to work on Washington (Boeing B-29 Superfortress) aircraft.

Bomber Command basic efficiency certificate issued to Flt Lt E.S. Brierley, 1 November 1952, Crown ©

Battle of Britain 21st anniversary souvenir book

Library, In Storage, X004-0388

Souvenir book for RAF Finningley’s ‘At Home’ Day on Saturday 16 September 1961 commemorating the twenty first anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The flying programme and station plan is not included

Page showing five grey aircraft against blue sky. With white and black text and white box with blue and red text, Royal Air Force Museum

Funeral of RAF bomber crew - Esbjerg, 30 April 1943

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-6135

Film showing several coffins together in an open grave, flowers, ribbons and rows of wooden grave markers, believed to be those of Bomber Command aircrew, in Esbjerg cemetery in Denmark.

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RAF Eastcote collection - Vulcan air-to-air, Vulcan scrambles, Victor, Valiant and Vulcan air-to-air, 1961

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/72

Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant bomber aircraft are seen in air-to-air sequences, and Vulcan crews are seen running to their aircraft before taking off in rapid succession.

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Bomber Command operational film Nos. 110 and 111

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC96/108

Two films taken from aircraft of Bomber Command during Second World War bombing raids on Turin and Milan. Details on the personnel and aircraft concerned are given in title screens.

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RAF Eastcote Collection - Secretary of State's visit to RAF Wittering, 1964

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/253

Film in which Handley Page Victor and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft and Blue Steel missiles are seen on the ground. Hugh Fraser, Secretary of State for Air, meets the aircrew.

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RAF Eastcote Collection - Vulcan Scrambles at RAF Cottesmore, 1961

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/101

Film in which several sequences show RAF aircrew as they run to their Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft and take off. A Vulcan overhead and an airfield control van also feature.

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Halifax Turret - Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02300

This diagrammatic drawing, labelling the features of a Halifax bomber aircraft, such as a gun turret, was made in preparation for a finished painting in the Imperial War Museums collection (LD 3769). Monnington made two paintings on the theme of Fighter Affiliation - the other in the care of the RAF Museum (L001-1755; LD 3770) - which depict the Halifax from different viewpoints while undergoing training manoeuvres.

Graphite on paper drawing depicting mid-upper Halifax bomber turret from the astro dome. With notes by artist., The artist's estate

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9847

This sketch is one of several made in preparation for the painting 'Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane', commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee in 1943 (see L001-1755; LD 3770). A Fighter Affiliation exercise involved training bomber crews (in aircraft such as Halifaxes) to out-manoeuvre faster and more agile fighter aircraft, to prepare them for real-life situations of pursuit from enemy fighters. It enabled crews to practice positioning their turrets and gunsights, and make evasive manoeuvres, in response to attacks from challenging angles.

Study: Fighter Affiliation by Walter Thomas Monnington, graphite and ink on laid paper, 1943. Two aircraft (one a fighter) engaged in a 'dog fight', surrounded by clouds., RAF Museum