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USAAF Memorial Stone

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1984-1986, London, Hangar Five, 1986/0515/C

This memorial was created for the 1984 Liverpool Garden Festival to commemorate the city’s link with the USAAF as a disembarkation point for personnel and equipment.

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Norden Bombsight Type M9

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/I/819

The US Army Air Force strategy for bombing Germany centred around the use of this highly accurate Norden Bombsight to conduct precision attacks on vital industries during daylight. Unfortunately, the cloudy European weather frequently obscured targets and reduced accuracy.

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Telegram reporting Sergeant Leonard William Clarke as missing, 15 January 1944

Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/3

This telegram was sent to Mrs Ivy Clarke on 15 January 1944, informing her that her husband Sergeant Leonard Clarke of No. 7 Squadron, was missing following air operations on the night of 14 January 1944.

Telegram reporting Sergeant Leonard William Clarke as missing, 15 January 1944 | AC95/45/3

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.

sheet of paper titled 'Post Office Telegram' with crown cypher at top and typescript text in capitals, Crown

Victoria Cross of Sergeant John Hannah

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/D/793

Sergeant John Hannah was just 18 years old when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for showing extraordinary courage and devotion to duty during a bombing operation in September 1940.

Reverse view of Victoria Cross of Sergeant John Hannah, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Victoria Cross Awarded to Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, 1945

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 72/D/568

The Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette for his courage and devotion to duty.

Reverse of Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette's Victoria Cross, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Military Medal of Sergeant Helen Emily Turner

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/D/692

Helen Turner served as a switchboard operator at the busy RAF station at Biggin Hill, as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. On 30 August 1940, during an air raid, she kept on working in order to maintain vital telephone contact with Group Headquarters. She and colleague Corporal Elizabeth Henderson only left when a 500lb bomb crashed through the roof and the building caught fire.

Round silver medal with the bust of King George VI in profile, on a red, white and blue striped ribbon, © RAF Museum

Tripod for Flak Binoculars

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X008-7076

Flak binoculars were used during daylight to identify aircraft and provide initial heading information for German anti-aircraft artillery.

Tripod for Flak Binoculars | X008-7076, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

GEE Indicator Type 62A

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X005-3115

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.

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Observer Corps Armband

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/U/1371

The Observer Corps, later Royal Observer Corps, was a civil defence organisation formed in 1925 to detect, identify, track and report aircraft in the skies over the UK.

Armband in black and white striped fabric with a metal clasp and ‘Observer Corps’ in red stitching, © RAF Museum