Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Katie Vickers, 1 July 2021

Katie Vickers served with 1 Air Mobility Wing, UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron and Joint Helicopter Support Squadron in Chinook helicopter operations in the UK, Mali and the Falkland Islands.

Katie Vickers describes RAF service with 1 Air Mobility Wing, the UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron and the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron. She comments on work with the British Army and involvement in Chinook helicopter operations around Whaley Bridge Dam. She remembers a deployment with Chinooks to the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to Mali, where RAF Chinooks deployed in support of French forces, and to the Falkland Islands.