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Observer Corps Lapel Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 78/U/621

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

Round metal badge with an engraved scene of an observer searching the skies, encircled by a motto in a blue border, © RAF Museum

RAF, Type G Oxygen Mask

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 82/U/834

The Type G Oxygen Mask was introduced during 1942 and remained the RAF’s standard mask for the rest of the war and into the immediate post-war period.

RAF, Type G Oxygen Mask | 82/U/834, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Parachute Harness, RAF, Chest Type

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/1340/S

Most aircrew worked in spaces too small to wear parachutes. Instead a parachute harness was worn to which a parachute pack could be attached via the clips on the front of the harness. .

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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.

RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Medal Bar of 9 Air Marshal Sir Harold ‘Micky’ Martin

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1989/0003/D

‘Micky’ Martin was a highly decorated Australian RAF pilot who flew in the Dams Raid of May 1943. He was renowned for his skill at low level flying and completed 83 operations for Bomber Command in aircraft including Hampdens, Manchesters, Lancasters and Mosquitos.

Nine medals including a white enamel cross (DSO) two silver crosses (DFC and AFC, three bronze stars, and three silver medals, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

FuG 212 Airborne Radar Indicator Unit

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1995/0922/R

The German Air Force started to deploy radar equipped night fighters during 1941. In 1943, an improved model of the Luftwaffe’s Lichtenstein radar, the Funkgerät (FuG) 212, was introduced. The indicator enabled the radio operator to guide the fighter to within visual range of Allied aircraft.

Rectangular light grey painted case housing three cathode ray tubes and ten switches fitted in the face., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Reichsluftschutzbund Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 85/U/352

The Reichsluftschutzbund (National Air Raid Protection League) was staffed by men, women and children who organised and trained civilians in all aspects of air raid precautions. They frequently demonstrated great bravery while undertaking their duties.

Reichsluftschutzbund Helmet | 85/U/352, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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.

Black necktie, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Dinghy Pack, RAF, Type C

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0013/U

This item is displayed on a figure depicting the appropriate flying clothing for an air gunner during 1944.

RAF Type C Dinghy Pack, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Flying Boot, RAF, 1941 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0147/U

The tendency for the 1940 Pattern Flying boot to fall off when parachuting from an aircraft led to a quick redesign incorporating a leather buckle to the bottom of the near identical 1941 Pattern Boot.

Flying Boot, RAF, 1941 Pattern, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan