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This section deals with the War in the air: During WW2, Bomber Command dispatched thousands of aircraft on raids against Germany. The T1154 and R1155 were the standard wireless telegraphy equipment fitted to these aircraft. The knobs were colour coded for ease of use in emergency situations.

The bright yellow apparatus is a 7.5 kg Search and Rescue Transmitter, which was supplied to the RAF in WW2. In emergencies, the antenna was unwound from the drum and thrown out as far as possible and a signal produced by cranking the handle. The webbing strap enabled it to be worn.

German bombers and fighter aircraft were fitted with the EK Receiver, a very high quality design typifying the excellence of German electronic engineering of the period. Adjacent to this is the front panel of another EK Receiver, recovered from a bomber shot down in an attack on the Forth Rail Bridge during the first air raid of the war on 16 October 1939.