RAF ace in distress, showing bottle (6)
I believe the answer is:
carafe
'bottle' is the definition.
(carafe is a kind of bottle)
'raf ace in distress' is the wordplay.
'in distress' indicates anagramming the letters.
'raf'+'ace'='raface'
'raface' is an anagram of 'CARAFE'.
'showing' is the link.
(Other definitions for carafe that I've seen before include "Glass bottle for serving wine at table" , "Source of wine" , "Wine is decanted into it" , "Wine, water, jug" , "Wide-necked bottle for water or wine" .)