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Other Ranks, Woollen Scarf
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 77/U/120
Airmen frequently found themselves having to work outdoors or in unheated environments where a woollen scarf could be a very welcome accessory.
Mk XIV Bombsight, Sighting Head and Control Panel
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/I/58
The Mk XIV Bombsight is a gyro-stabilised bombsight which compensates for the movement of an aircraft by displaying the impact point of a bomb even when the aircraft is not in straight and level flight. The Mk XIV was first fitted to aircraft of the Pathfinder Force in 1942 and later became the standard sight used by Bomber Command.
Telegram stating that Sergeant Harold Ellison is believed to have been killed in action, 22 July 1944
Archives, London, Hangar Five, X002-5788/002/020
The Air Ministry used telegrams to communicate with the relatives of missing personnel.
Flying Gauntlet, RAF, 1943 Pattern
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 69/U/447
The 1943 Pattern Flying Gauntlets dispensed with the zip opening of earlier models. They were designed to be worn with pain or electrically heated inner gloves.
Other Ranks, Black Tie, 1936 Pattern
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 74/U/797
In 1936 the Royal Air Force adopted a new other ranks service dress uniform. This included an open necked jacket with which a shirt, collar and tie was to be worn.
Other Ranks, Field Service Cap, 1936 Pattern
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 71/U/37
In 1936 the Royal Air Force adopted a new, other ranks, service dress uniform. Originally, either a service dress or a field service cap was to be worn as part of this uniform.
Letter to Mrs Gladys Ellison from the War Office, 22 February 1945
Archives, London, Hangar Five, X002-5788/002/028
Gladys Ellison received this letter from the War Office's Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries, regarding her husband Harold’s grave.
Commemorative scroll of Sgt Harold Ellison
Archives, London, Hangar Five, X002-5788/001/008
Memorial scrolls were issued to the families of British and Commonwealth military personnel killed on active service.
German language prisoner record card for Sergeant Leonard Clarke
Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/8
This record card for Sergeant Leonard Clarke was raised at his POW camp, Stalag IVB. It shows that he arrived there on 28 January 1944.
Prisoner-of-war postcard from Sergeant Leonard Clarke at Stalag IV B to his wife, 17 November 1944
Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/13/058
German prisoner-of-war postal service (Kriegsgefangenpost) postcard with German and British censorship stamps and text by Sergeant Clarke handwritten in pencil.
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