Recorded interview with Corporal Orla Proctor, 20 May 2026

Orla Proctor served with the RAF Police and describes her role when deployed to Sudan for Operation Polar Bear in 2023. She also discusses her involvement in RAF women’s rugby.

Orla Proctor explains her motivation for joining the RAF and particularly the RAF Police. She remembers her deployment to Sudan for Operation Polar Bear and explains her role in screening evacuees before boarding RAF transport aircraft. She adds detail on her role as a medic, comments on her responsibilities and experience of cultural differences and outlines the equipment taken on deployment. She also discusses her involvement in RAF women’s rugby.