Aircraft & Civil Defence Memorabilia. A large archive of memorabilia assembled by ROC Officer D.H. Taylor, 8 Section No. 2 Crew, based at RAF Gaydon, including a group of 8 large Ministry of Aviation aircraft silhouette posters, c. 1950s, including Vulcan B Mk 1, Sea Vixen FAW Mk 1, Comet Mk 4, Vulcan B Mk 1, 5 Episcope packs of aviation silhouette cards, a set of 6 photo postcards showing inside the Civil Defence school 'the Hawkhills', Manual of Civil Defence: Volume 1 'Nuclear Weapons', published by HMSO, 1956, 2 'Operations Room Training Aid' booklets, 1960s, a large war room map showing the world as double hemisphere, Coventry ROC No. 5 Group plotting chart, Aircraft Armament Past and Present, Parts 1 & 2, published Real Photographs Company Ltd, a group of approximately 60 journals from ROC Gaydon (1952-1971) including 51 x Joint Services & ROC Recognition Journals, a collection of personal effects belonging to D.H. Taylor, including ATC soft blue cap (inside dated 1964), black tie, ATC Cadet's flying log book, gold cloth badge, belt, etc., plus a further assortment of mostly printed booklets, documents and ephemera Much of the material is marked 'Restricted' or 'Confidential' and reflects the classified nature of the work undertaken by the Ministry of Aviation personnel at RAF Gaydon during Britain's early Cold War period.
Aircraft & Civil Defence Memorabilia. A large archive of memorabilia assembled by ROC Officer D.H. Taylor, 8 Section No. 2 Crew, based at RAF Gaydon, including a group of 8 large Ministry of Aviation aircraft silhouette posters, c. 1950s, including Vulcan B Mk 1, Sea Vixen FAW Mk 1, Comet Mk 4, Vulcan B Mk 1, 5 Episcope packs of aviation silhouette cards, a set of 6 photo postcards showing inside the Civil Defence school 'the Hawkhills', Manual of Civil Defence: Volume 1 'Nuclear Weapons', published by HMSO, 1956, 2 'Operations Room Training Aid' booklets, 1960s, a large war room map showing the world as double hemisphere, Coventry ROC No. 5 Group plotting chart, Aircraft Armament Past and Present, Parts 1 & 2, published Real Photographs Company Ltd, a group of approximately 60 journals from ROC Gaydon (1952-1971) including 51 x Joint Services & ROC Recognition Journals, a collection of personal effects belonging to D.H. Taylor, including ATC soft blue cap (inside dated 1964), black tie, ATC Cadet's flying log book, gold cloth badge, belt, etc., plus a further assortment of mostly printed booklets, documents and ephemera Much of the material is marked 'Restricted' or 'Confidential' and reflects the classified nature of the work undertaken by the Ministry of Aviation personnel at RAF Gaydon during Britain's early Cold War period.
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