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Distinguished Flying Cross of Flying Officer G.S.P. Rooney

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, In Storage, 1990/0405/D

Awarded to Flying Officer G.S.P. Rooney for his attack on the Scharnhorst on 19 June 1940. Rooney learnt to fly at 7 FTS and was posted to No. 42 Squadron on Beauforts.

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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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57mm / 6lb Dummy Artillery Shells for Molins Gun

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/1193

Group of five artillery training rounds as used in Molins 6 pounder anti-shipping weapon. All tapering brass rounds painted red/white/black at the ends to denominate training rounds.

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Molins 6lb anti-tank gun

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/1192

Anti-tank cannon modified for use as airborne weapon mounted on non-original gun carriage. Capable of automatic firing at a rate of around 55 rounds per minute.

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Handley Page Hastings T.5

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1948-AUG 1977, Cosford, Hangar Four, 85/A/9

The Handley Page Hastings replaced the Avro York as the Royal Air Force’s standard long-range transport from 1948. Two squadrons of the new aircraft served alongside the Avro York throughout the Berlin Airlift, flying vital supplies into the city during the Soviet blockade.

Handley Page Hastings T.5 on display at Cosford, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Mk 57 / B57 Tactical Nuclear Depth Bomb

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1963-1980, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0135/O

Training version of US tactical nuclear bomb as used by RAF 1960s/70s. Cigar-shaped bomb body with four fixed stabilising fins at rear. Fixed and folding suspension lugs at top of the bomb, pre-flight selection panel on side of bomb mid way along the body.

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Flying Officer Coker - rescue from a Portuguese ship

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1855

Flying Officer Coker explains how he was forced to ditch his Hudson in the sea near a Portuguese merchant ship. The crew were then transferred to a Royal Navy destroyer.

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Pilot Officer Bennet - a Hudson's adventures

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6310

Recording in which Pilot Officer Bennet describes an encounter between his Hudson and several Messerschmitt 109s off the coast of Denmark.

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Coastal Command - Attack on submarine (Squadron Leader Thompson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6399

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson gives an account of an attack on a U-boat on the surface.

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Beaufort pilot and navigator

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6376

Recording in which a Beaufort pilot and his Canadian navigator give an account of a torpedo attack on a German pocket battleship off the coast of Norway.

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