Jun 14, 2018 · Perhaps the most iconic item associated with the RAF involvement in the 1940 Battle of Britain are the large bronze Station (or “Scramble”) bells that once adorned British airfields. These impressive bells were used to signal incoming enemy raids to waiting RAF pilots.

Sep 1, 2023 · This is a WWII-era Air Ministry “Scramble Bell,” bells like this were used at RAF airfields to call pilots to their aircraft to intercept incoming Nazi bomber raids. This bell is stamped “AM” for Air Ministry and “1941” for its year of manufacture, 1941 was the third year of World War II …

A highly polished bell was generally found in a prominent position this one from outside RAF Warmwell Station, The bell was used to ‘scramble’ pilots when a raid was looming. Its unusual to find bells with provenance and you can see some images of the bell in situ after the war.

Bells have been used for hundreds of years to attract people’s attention. The RAF has used them to warn of fires, air raids, or for fighter pilots to scramble. This bell was alleged to be one featured in a well-known photograph of a scramble at RAF Biggin Hill, with the phrase ‘Don’t run and tell, ring this like hell’ chalked on it.

AN AIR MINISTRY R.A.F. SCRAMBLE BELL, 1942 cast in silvered bell metal with moulded rim and shoulder, inscribed to front A.M. 1942 and surmounted by GRVI crown, red-painted crown suspension and interior complete with clapper -- 11 x 10½in. (28 x 26.5cm.)

It is devoted to the study of Air Ministry bells as issued to the Royal Air Force prior to & during the Second World War. Today these bells are more commonly known as ‘Scramble bells’.

A most scarce, original, 'Battle of Britain' piece of original, RAF Air Ministry issue aeronautica, an original brass hand-held 'scramble' bell complete with its wooden handle, [stamped contract dated 1938], marked with crown and initials AM, and British government contract number.

Sep 30, 2019 · Whilst we will never know how it got there, the bell undoubtedly originated from RAF Biggin Hill, where it would’ve been rung during that fateful summer of 1940. Having lost its removable clapper the bell was rung by hitting with a hard implement, resulting in a multitude of bruises all around it.

Large nickel plated bronze RAF station bell with classic 'crown' top. This is the larger of the two sizes produced, measuring approximately 32cm in height (not including protruding clapper when fitted) and 32cm diameter.

Sep 9, 2023 · AM Stores number 21C/696 Large sized bell, 32cm diameter, cast in ferrous bronze/nickel 'bell metal', etched A.M. 1941 with crown symbol, the top with standard 6 arm bracket and later hasp and ring mounting, fitted with inner ring and cast iron clapper (detachable), some rusting to interior of bell, clapper rusted, outer surface with some pock ...