Recorded interview with Air Commodore Dickie Duckett, 12 January 2024

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Interview with Dickie Duckett, who served as a pilot in Lightning and Harrier aircraft, flew with the Red Arrows as a pilot and as team leader and commanded RAF Benson.

Dickie Duckett remembers his experience as a pilot in Lightning fighter aircraft of 19 Squadron in the UK and Germany. He explains how he joined the Red Arrows and gives detail on display flying. He later returned to the Red Arrows as team leader. He commanded 1 Squadron with Harrier aircraft, was station commander at RAF Benson and served in staff roles in the Ministry of Defence and in Germany.

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Object number	X008-7395
Maker name	RAF Museum, Air Cdre Richard Brian (Dickie) Duckett, Mr Ewan Burnet, Mr Ewan Burnet
Production date	12 Jan 2024
Associated with	Air Cdre Richard Brian (Dickie) Duckett RAF College, Cranwell (RAF) 4 Flying Training School (RAF) Flt Lt Lee Jones 226 Operational Conversion Unit (RAF) 19 Squadron (RAF) Central Flying School (RAF) Red Arrows (RAF) Sqdn Ldr Raynham George (Ray) Hanna 65 Reserve Squadron (RAF) 65 Squadron (RAF) Sir John Young Stewart Air Cdre Richard Skene Peacock-Edwards AVM Sir John de Mitt Severne 1 Squadron (RAF) Queen's Flight (RAF) Sir Rex Hunt Ministry of Defence (UK) Royal College of Defence Studies (UK) Royal Air Force Germany (RAF)
Associated places	RAF College RAF Valley RAF Chivenor RAF Coltishall RAF Leconfield RAF Gütersloh Berlin RAF Benson Falkland Islands RAF Mount Pleasant, Stanley
Key events	Cold War, 1946-1989 Falklands Conflict, 1982 Fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 November 1989 Gulf War, 1990-1991 Granby, 1990-1991

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Recorded interview with Air Commodore Dickie Duckett, 12 January 2024

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