Air Mechanic’s Tropical Working Dress, Royal Naval Air Service
Photographs of the time suggest that comfort and convenience was far more important than neatness and elegance when working in hot climates. Most of this uniform belonged …
Location: Hangar 2
Baron von Richthofen’s Blue Dog
This tiny glass mascot belonged to Manfred von Richthofen – the Red Baron. He owned a Great Dane called Moritz who he described as ‘the most beautiful …
Member’s Uniform, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Members of the WAAC were attached to the Royal Flying Corps for duties ranging from clerical work to simple aircraft servicing. This uniform belonged to a Domestic …
Oil Painting ‘Noon’
In this oil painting by Emile Antoine Verpilleux, a Royal Flying Corps wireless operator gathers intelligence by listening to messages sent from an aircraft observing the accuracy …
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
Albatros D.Va Replica
With its distinctive plywood-skinned oval section streamlined fuselage, the Albatros D.V entered service in May 1917, but from October 1917 was supplemented in large-scale production by the …
Sopwith Dolphin 5FI
The world’s first single seat multi-gun fighter the Dolphin represented a departure from traditional Sopwith fighter design. In place of the rotary engines so characteristic of the …
Sopwith Triplane
The prototype appeared in May 1916 and was found to be highly manoeuvrable with a phenomenal rate of climb. Both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal …
Vickers FB5
The true fighter squadron was born on the 14 February 1915 when No.11 Squadron was formed at Netheravon. Completely equipped with Vickers FB5 aircraft this was the …
Fokker D.VII
The Fokker D.VII was the equal of, if not better than, the British SE5s, Camels and French SPADs and is considered to be one of the outstanding …
Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b
Sopwith F1 Camel
So famous the Arabs named an animal after itJ.M. Ramsden Waspish wilful intolerantJ.M. Bruce The Camel designed by Thomas Sopwith was the highest scoring fighter of World …
Avro 504K
The Avro 504k is one of the greatest training aircraft ever built. It was used to equip training units first in the Royal Flying Corps and later …
Blériot XXVII
The early history of this striking yellow painted aircraft is obscure, as it has no authenticated history before 1936, when it was acquired from crated storage at …
Bristol F.2b Fighter
The Bristol Fighter was designed in 1916 as a replacement for the B.E. two-seaters. No.48 Squadron received the first production aircraft and introduced them into service during …