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The Wright brothers flying at Kitty Hawk, 1903

Photographs, In Storage, X001-2690

On 17 December 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made a number of flights at Kill Devil Hills, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Few people noticed the event but they were the first men to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine, eventually achieving a flight of 852 feet in 59 seconds.

A man running beside a biplane, RAF Museum

Model of 63ft RAF High Speed Launch

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1980, London, Hangar Three/Four, X002-9903

The 63ft RAF High Speed Rescue Launch was an offshore rescue boat type built between 1940 and 1942 by the British Power Boat Company. This highly detailed scale model was made by a former RAF marine craft crewman.

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Model of 64ft RAF High Speed Launch

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X002-9902

The 64ft RAF High Speed Rescue Launch was an offshore rescue boat type built between 1936 and 1940 by the British Power Boat Company. This highly detailed scale model was made by a former RAF marine craft crewman.

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Model of 68ft RAF High Speed Launch

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1980, London, Hangar Three/Four, X002-9904

The 68ft RAF High Speed Rescue Launch was an offshore rescue boat type built between 1942 and 1946 by the British Power Boat Company. This highly detailed scale model was made by a former RAF marine craft crewman.

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Medal Bar of Wing Officer Jessie Mary Higgins

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-7378

Medal Bar of Wing Officer Jessie Mary Higgins, Princess Mary Royal Air Force Nursing Service.

Medal bar of seven, including the Royal Red Cross (1st class),, Royal Air Force Museum

Medal Bar of Squadron Leader John Raymond Edward Fullerton

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1990/0127/D

Medal Bar of Squadron Leader John Raymond Edward Fullerton including both the Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Flying Medal.

medal bar including a DFC, DFM, four campaign stars and War Medal, 1939-45, with MiD oak leaf, Royal Air Force Museum

Recorded interview with Corporal Niamh Underhill, 20 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9941/003

Niamh Underhill served with the RAF Police and remembers her participation in the 2023 evacuation of people from Sudan by RAF Atlas and C17 transport aircraft during Operation Polar Bear.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 4

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/004

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows curling and deep snow around buildings. Several CF-100 Canuck fighter aircraft and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft are seen on the ground.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/002

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF, US Air Force and Canadian aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Vulcan, Victor and Valiant bomber aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Jennifer Herz and Virginie Mitcham, 1 June 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9944

Jenny Herz and Virginie Mitcham discuss their family connections to the RAF, and Jenny remembers her time training with East Midlands University Air Squadron while a student at Leicester University.

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