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The membership card for the Gold fish club. This card was heat sealed to preserve
the card if submerged in water.

News of the formation of the club had spread rapidly, even to POW camps, where
eligible aircrew soon claimed membership. Their cards and badges were sent to
their next of kin. While the Air Ministry did NOT acknowledge the clubs existence
Squadron Adjutants started forwarding membership application forms for their own
crews who had qualified. The RAF Intelligence branch occasionally ran checks to
make sure that no official secrets were being divulged in the ditching reports. In 1944
the Imperial War Museum requested specimens of the club badge and membership
card for inclusion in their section devoted to WW2.