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Rushlight, Toc H

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1930s-1998, In Storage, X008-8376

This rushlight or candle holder was used at the Toc H group at RAF High Ercall from 1944-45. It would be lit during group meetings to symbolically link the participants to all Toc H groups worldwide.

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Box for Toc H Rushlight

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1930s-1998, In Storage, X008-8377

This box is the purpose-built container for the Toc H rushlight. On the inside has been written the list of Toc H branches the light was used at. Starting at Stockton in Warwickshire in 1933 then Shipston on Stour in 1936 and Foleshill in 1939, it transferred to RAF High Ercall in 1944.

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Gloster Meteor F.8

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1951-FEB 1967, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/A/208

The Gloster Meteor was the only allied jet to see combat in the Second World War and in its various marks served in day, night and training operations. Its sturdy construction also made it an ideal test bed for a variety of products which followed it. Between 1950 and 1955 the Meteor F8 provided the backbone of Britain’s air defence capability. By the end of the 1947 the British Meteor fighter had fallen behind its contemporaries in efficiency and performance. In an effort to redress the balance the Gloster design office produced a re-design which was a marked improvement while retaining as much of the structure of the earlier aircraft as possible for production purposes.

Silver-coloured aircraft with twin jet engines embedded in wings, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan