Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

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Steve Carr served as an RAF pilot in Wessex and Chinook helicopters from 1985 to 2004. During the 2003 Iraq War he landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula.

Steve Carr flew RAF Wessex helicopters in Northern Ireland and Hong Kong, and Bell 214 helicopters while on a loan service tour in Oman. As a Chinook helicopter pilot he served in Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands. He deployed to the Middle East in the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula during the 2003 Iraq War, flying Chinook Bravo November.

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Object number	X008-5692
Maker name	RAF Museum, Sqdn Ldr Stephen Robin Carr, Mr Andrew Dennis, Mr Ewan Burnet
Production date	20 Jan 2022
Associated with	Sqdn Ldr Stephen Robin Carr 93 (Bath) Squadron (ATC) Air Training Corps (UK) Royal Marines 11 Squadron (RAF) 72 Squadron (RAF) ACM Sir John Day British Army Army Air Corps (UK) 28 Squadron (RAF) 18 Squadron (RAF) Royal Navy Joint Helicopter Support Unit (UK) Red Arrows (RAF) HM King Charles III United States Navy Sea, Air and Land Teams
Associated places	RAF Biggin Hill RAF College RAF Binbrook RAF Linton-on-Ouse RAF Shawbury Bessbrook Hong Kong, 1898-1997 Oman Iraq RAF Odiham Cyprus United Arab Emirates Ali al Salem Shatt el Arab, River RAF Church Fenton Bosnia 1992 to date Al Faw Peninsula Bubiyan Island
Key events	Falklands Conflict, 1982 Operation Banner Northern Ireland Internal Unrest, 1969 to date Fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 November 1989 Cold War, 1946-1989 Gulf War, 1990-1991 Second Gulf War, 2003-2011 Bosnia War, 1993 to date Terrorist attacks on the United States, 11 September 2001 [9/11]. Allied Air Operations Over Iraq, 2003

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

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