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Air Electronics Officer/Operator’s Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1956 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 68/U/261

The roles of Air Electronics Officer and Air Electronics Operator were established during the 1950s as the systems being fitted to aircraft became more complex and required specialist training.

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Bristol Freighter 31E (EI-AFP) in flight, 12 March 1952

Photographs, In Storage, P100108

The Bristol 170 prototype first flew on 2 December 1945. The type was designed to fly freight over short distances.

a twin-engined aeroplane in flight, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Load Master’s Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1970 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X008-7026

Load Masters replaced Air Quartermasters in transport aircraft and helicopters during 1970, continuing the role of loading, securing and dispatching passengers and loads.

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Fighter Controller’s Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1983 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X004-4956

Fighter Controllers on Airborne Early Warning aircraft, survey the airspace covered by the aircraft’s systems, coordinate air traffic and direct aircraft to their intended targets.

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Radio Observer's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1941 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 83/U/139

First issued in 1941, the Radio Operator (air) or Radio Observer’s Flying Badge, was worn by aircrew who operated the brand-new Radio Detection equipment being fitted to aircraft. This would soon be known by its American term of Radar.

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Signaller's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1943 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 70/U/465

Introduced as a separate aircrew badge under Air Ministry Order A 1019/43, Signallers operated the wireless set and, in some aircraft, monitored Radar equipment.

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Signaller's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1943 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1989/0112/U

Introduced as a separate aircrew badge under Air Ministry Order A 1019/43, Signallers operated the wireless set and, in some aircraft, monitored Radar equipment.

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Target folder, operation number GO. 1201, Mannheim, 1942-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/12

Target information folder for the thermal electric power station at Mannheim, issued in 1943. Target folders like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1201, Mannheim, 1942-1944 | AC84/1/2/12, Crown

Map showing RAF stations and civil aerodromes and landing grounds in the United Kingdom, 1940

Archives, In Storage, AC71/9/312

Map showing locations of all aerodromes in the UK, January 1940, Geographical Section, General Staff map number GSGS 3783 AB.

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Air Gunner's Flying Badge, Service Dress, 1939 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 72/U/1249

In 1938 Air Gunners became the first aircrew trade to receive a new style of flying badge. This single winged brevet mirrored the style of the earlier Observer’s badge.

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