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The societies Aviation Heritage Collection contains countless artefacts, documents and photographs established from over five decades, which include aircraft crash site investigations and recovery, aircraft preservation and memorial construction to name but a few. A large percentage of the collection relates to the societies work in Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties, but it also stretches far and wide with much work being carried out in Europe and in particular France, the Netherlands and Germany.

Although most work is mainly related to aviation subjects the act of remembrance remains paramount in all our work, from the construction of memorials to the recovery of missing airmen.

Many other subjects relating to 20th century history have also been encountered during our research work and these are recorded in our miscellaneous collection section
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Category Aviation Artefact Aircraft part Lancaster

Section of black painted engine cowling side panel recovered from the crash site of Lancaster III, serial RF150 coded QB-W from No. 424 (Tiger Squadron) R.C.A.F.

The cowling section still retains stencilling painted on in white by the ground crews to help them identify which aircraft it came from, and from which of the aircrafts four engines it was fitted to, as with the constant need to remove and replace cowlings during maintenance, worn sections would fit more easily if retained for a particular aircraft and engine. The remains of the stencilling clearly read “STBD RF150” from one of the aircrafts starboard engines.

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Lancaster III RF150: Section of engine cowling recovered from crash site

Section of black painted engine cowling side panel recovered from the crash site of Lancaster III, serial RF150 coded QB-W from No. 424 (Tiger Squadron) R.C.A.F.

The cowling section still retains stencilling painted on in white by the ground crews to help them identify which aircraft it came from, and from which of the aircrafts four engines it was fitted to, as with the constant need to remove and replace cowlings during maintenance, worn sections would fit more easily if retained for a particular aircraft and engine. The remains of the stencilling clearly read “STBD RF150” from one of the aircrafts starboard engines.

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Mosquito MM150

Mosquito MM150 records held which include artefacts, documents and photos.