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GEE Radio Frequency Unit Type 24
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X005-2646
GEE was a radio navigation aid with few components, enabling it to be fitted easily to most aircraft requiring a navigator. It acquired a reputation of being simple to operate and gained the nickname ‘the goon box’ as anybody could use it.
Flying Gauntlet, RAF, 1943 Pattern
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 69/U/446
The 1943 Pattern Flying Gauntlet dispensed with the zip opening of earlier models. They were designed to be worn with pain or electrically heated inner gloves.
Parachute Pack, RAF, Chest Type
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/0416/S
Most aircrew worked in spaces too small to wear parachutes. A parachute pack was stowed separately and in the event of an emergency had to be retrieved and attached to the front of the airman’s parachute harness.
Female Flak-Helper’s Arm Badge
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1986/0591/U
By 1943 a lack of manpower led the Luftwaffe to turn to auxiliary forces for personnel to operate their flak and searchlight defences. These included female auxiliaries, schoolchildren aged 16 and Russian prisoners of war willing to help in exchange for better conditions.
Stevenson Screen
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1992/0102/G
Stevenson Screens have been used on airfields to shield instruments from direct sunlight since the First World War.
Night Fighter Operational Flying Clasp (Gold)
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X004-0867
The Luftwaffe introduced flying clasps as a way of acknowledging an aircrew’s operational experience. A bronze clasp represented 20 operational flights, silver 60 and gold 110.
Oxygen Connection Tube, RAF, Mk I
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0102/U
A small bore oxygen pipe used to connect aircraft or oxygen bottles with the small bore connectors to later style oxygen masks with large bore pipes.
Auxiliary Fire Service Jacket
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X006-5580
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 to supplement the work of local fire brigades. It was formed of volunteers, many of whom were too old or too young to serve in the military.
Junkers Ju 88 Recognition Model
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1991/0198/M
This is a British-made model of a Second World War German Junkers Ju 88, used to train RAF personnel, particularly pilots, gunners and members of the Observer Corps, in the vital skill of aircraft recognition.
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