What's New
This is a summary of objects added to Navigator. We are currently working on new records so even more objects will be added in the future.
Update to Highlights (19 November 2010):
4 highlights uploaded, subjects:
The Highlights are updated monthly so please remember to visit us
regularly!
Navigator currently includes the following material:
Aircraft & Exhibits
- Aircraft
- Engines
- Road Vehicles
- Wayland Model Aircraft Limited (Commissioned)
- Locomotive Name Plates
- Wind Tunnel Testing Models
- Propellers
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Pilot Officer Prune Models
- Large Medal Groups (six or more medals)
- Orders of chivalry
- Distinguished Flying Crosses
- Air Force Crosses
- Fire Fighting Equipment
- Instruments
- Missiles
- Operations-Filter Room Equipment
- Escape and Evasion Aids
- Medical Equipment
- Aircraft Structure, Fittings and Equipment
- Ordnance
- Catering Equipment
- Camping Equipment
- Ammunition
- Tools, Test Pieces and Equipment
- Engine Components or Accessories
- Radio Equipment
- Radar Equipment
- Airships
- Balloons
- Safety and Survival Equipment
- Training Aids and Simulators
Archives
- Gp Capt Sir Douglas Bader documents
- Flt Lt Ley Kenyon papers
- Wg Cdr Guy Gibson documents
- Amy Johnson documents
- Lt Col T.E. Lawrence documents
- ACM Baron Dowding
- Plt Off Cyril Joe Barton
- Maj Edward Mannock
- AVM James Edgar (Johnnie) Johnson
- Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire Production Charts, 1938-1943
- Dams Raids, 1943
- Battle of Britain, 1940
- D-Day, 1944
- Arnhem, 1944
- Aces
- Atlantic Crossings
- The Great Escape, 1944
- Victoria Cross Winners
- Christmas Cards
Library
*Support material relating to the Archive subjects above, plus
- Air Publications
- Unit Histories
- Memoirs and Biographies
Photographs
- Air Historical Branch Photograph Collection, 1905-1969 (over 4000 pictures)
- Cyril Peckham Collection, 1937-1962 (mainly aircraft related)
- Charles Sims Collection, 1942-1945 (vertical
reconnaissance photos)
- RAF Museum Model Aircraft Reference Collection, 1910-1970
- Charles Brown Collection, 1929-1965 (glass plate negatives)
Fine Art
- Official War Artists
- Sir William Rothenstein portraits
- Capt Cuthbert Julian Orde portraits
- Flt Lt Emile Antoine Verpilleux paintings
- Frank Anthony Albert Wootton aviation paintings
- Recent Purchases (in the last eight years)
- Guild of Aviation Artists Material
Film & Sound
- Dams Raids, 1943
- Amateur Films
- Inter-War Films, 1918-1939
Further Information
Further information on the collections can be found on our main website, please click on a link below (this will open in a new window or tab):