Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
🎥 In this video, Curator Ewen Cameron reveals one of the amazing objects in our collection that he regards as being one of his favourites, a Type 6 Indicator Unit; a radar scope fitted to Hudson aircraft in 1940.
These are just a few of the thousands of historic RAF objects 📦🛩️🧳 our team are transferring from our MOD Stafford collection into a new home at our Midlands site 🏗️🏢, which will open to the public in summer 2027 ☀️📅🎉.
This complex logistical operation demands precision, coordination, and care 🎯🤝🔧. From meticulous object inspections to conservation treatments 🧽🛠️🔬, each item is prepared for its journey with expert attention 👨🔧🧑🔬.
Our ground and logistics crews 👷♀️👷♂️🚚 ensure every object is protected, boxed 📦🧰—or wrapped if oversized—and ready for transit 🚛🚜.
You can be part of this remarkable move 💫: sponsor a box today and help preserve these powerful RAF stories 📜✈️🎖️ for generations to come 👶📚🕰️.
👉 To do so, please visit: rafmuseum.org.uk/crate-escape 💙🙌
🎥 In this video, Curator Ewen Cameron reveals one of the amazing objects in our collection that he regards as being one of his favourites, a Type 6 Indicator Unit; a radar scope fitted to Hudson aircraft in 1940.
These are just a few of the thousands of historic RAF objects 📦🛩️🧳 our team are transferring from our MOD Stafford collection into a new home at our Midlands site 🏗️🏢, which will open to the public in summer 2027 ☀️📅🎉.
This complex logistical operation demands precision, coordination, and care 🎯🤝🔧. From meticulous object inspections to conservation treatments 🧽🛠️🔬, each item is prepared for its journey with expert attention 👨🔧🧑🔬.
Our ground and logistics crews 👷♀️👷♂️🚚 ensure every object is protected, boxed 📦🧰—or wrapped if oversized—and ready for transit 🚛🚜.
You can be part of this remarkable move 💫: sponsor a box today and help preserve these powerful RAF stories 📜✈️🎖️ for generations to come 👶📚🕰️.
👉 To do so, please visit: rafmuseum.org.uk/crate-escape 💙🙌
