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Slingsby Type 31 Tandem Tutor

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1996, London, Hangar Five, X003-7970

Twin (tandem) seat high-wing basic training glider of wood and fabric construction.

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Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1945 {cg}, London, Hangar Five, 85/O/49

This Ohka was one of four examples bought back to the UK for evaluation by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit at the end of the Second World War.

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de Havilland Mosquito B.35

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945-1959, London, Hangar Five, 1994/1351/A

This Mosquito is a late bomber variant. It was built at the end of the Second World War, and served with No 98 Squadron in Germany in 1950-51 before being replaced by Vampire fighter-bombers.

Side view of aircraft with green and dark grey camouflaged upper surfaces and a pale grey underside, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Handley Page Victor K.2, Cockpit Section

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1963-DEC 1993, London, Hangar Five, 1996/0166/A

This aircraft was built as a bomber in 1960, but was modified for the reconnaissance role in 1965, before being converted into a tanker in 1978. In this new role, it took part in both the Falklands Conflict and the Gulf War before being retired in 1993.

Handley Page Victor K Mk2 cockpit section interior., (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Model GP, (Jeep)

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1980, London, Hangar Five, 80/V/1288

Quarter-ton 4 x 4 general purpose vehicle manufactured by Ford Motor Company

Starboard view of Jeep, with serial 20399193-S on front hood quarter and the name 'Betty Grable' on rear-quarter, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IV

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, London, Hangar Five, 1994/1347/A

The Curtiss Kittyhawk was the final development of the monoplane Curtiss Hawk fighters. First introduced into service in January 1942, over 3000 Kittyhawks were delivered to Commonwealth Air Forces.

Kittyhawk displayed in Mediterranean theatre camouflage, shark mouth details at front air intake, with RAF roundels, fin flash, serial FX760 and No. 112 Squadron fuselage code markings., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Type C Mk II Bomb Trolley

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945-Circa 1979, London, Hangar Five, 79/O/1724

Bomb trolleys were used to transport munitions from their storage area to aircraft. The versatile Type C trolley could carry a range of bombs of different shapes and sizes up to a weight of 6,000lb.

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GEE Ground Transmitter Type T1365

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1970, London, Hangar Five, 70/R/248

GEE was a navigation aid which a navigator could use to establish their position in relation to series of radio ground transmitters.

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The Long March by Pamela Taylor, bronze and marble

Fine Art, London, Hangar Five, X003-2106

This memorial to commemorate the Long March was commissioned by the RAF Ex-Prisoners of War Association and unveiled in May 2003. Sculptor Pamela Taylor (1929-2014) based the figure of the airman on a wartime sketch by Ley Kenyon, artist and prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III who survived the march ('Marching Prisoners of War in Greatcoats', FA01916, RAF Museum collection).

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Mk XIV Bombsight Computor

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 66/I/370

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.

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