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Gosport Tube Assembly
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 66/R/608
The Gosport tube was a speaking funnel connected via rubber tubes to ear plates which were fitted inside a pupil's helmet. It allowed the flying instructor in a tandem open cockpit to speak and give their pupil instructions while in the air. Before its introduction, verbal instruction had been impossible.
Hawker Hurricane Mark IIc
Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1944-FEB 1984, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1995/1004/A
The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes shot down approximately 60% of enemy aircraft – more than all the other air and ground defences combined.
Medals of Air Commodore Al Deere
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-1918
RAF Spitfire pilot Al Deere was perhaps the most famous of the many New Zealanders who joined the RAF and fought in the Second World War.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 83/D/1062
As a pilot during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Nicolson was awarded RAF Fighter Command’s only Victoria Cross.
Medal Bar of Flight Sergeant Avis Hearn
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-7220
The Military Medal was awarded to Avis Hearn for gallantry during the Battle of Britain when she was an Acting Corporal.
RAF Application for Mechanical Transport for Duty Form
Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-7855/011
RAF Form 658 was used to request the use of a vehicle to complete service duties. Whether a motorbike or a minibus, vehicles had to be requested from the Motor Transport Section.
Fighter Fund Card of Honour
Archives, Cosford, Hangar Two, A1191
Fighter Funds were set up in 1940 with £5,000 needed to purchase a fighter aircraft, which was then named after an individual, business, town or city. They enabled ordinary people to contribute to the war effort and brought communities and Allied counties together.
RAF 4lb Incendiary Bomb 1944
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/O/37
This type of small incendiary bomb was used to start fires at a target. Usually dropped in containers of 90, they started multiple fires in a small area and were designed to overwhelm the fire-fighting services ranged against them.
Aircraft Marshalling Wand
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 81/R/793
Aircraft can be awkward to manouevre safely when on the ground. Aircraft marshalling is a way for ground crew to assist in ground manouevres by visually communicating with the pilot using a series of standardised hand signals. Illuminated wands such as the one displayed here are used in conditions of poor visibility.
RAF Mark VI Cable Cutter for Barrage Balloon Wire
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 71/A/1189
This wing-mounted cable cutter was powered by a small explosive charge and was intended to cut barrage balloon wires if an aircraft became entangled in them. The balloon cable would run into the notch, triggering the charge, which released a sharp blade like a chisel to sever the cable.
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