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Recording of an account of Bomber Command and Pathfinder Force operations, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/72

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie gives an account of Bomber Command operations through the Second World War, with particular reference to the significance of Pathfinder Force operations to the bomber offensive.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Richard Kharegat, 30 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3306

Recorded interview with Dick Kharegat, who served as a pilot in Canberra, Vulcan and Victor bomber aircraft, and in B-52 bombers during an exchange tour with the US Air Force.

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Boeing Flying Fortress attack on Brest - Flight Lieutenant Alexander Mathison

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1993

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Mathison gives an account of a Boeing Fortress high-altitude bombing raid on Brest.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arnold Pownall Lewis Greethurst, 23 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3304

Arnold ‘Al’ Greethurst served as a navigator in Lancaster, Lincoln, Mosquito, Brigand, Canberra and Vulcan aircraft during the earlier part of the Cold War, including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Flight Lieutenant Miles - Bomber that hit the sea

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6382

Flight Lieutenant Miles describes an attack by Blenheims on a German merchant ship off the French coast. During the raid his aeroplane hit the sea, returning home despite damage.

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Recorded recollections of Flight Lieutenant Arthur Edgar Taylor, 1980s

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6746

Recorded recollections of Arthur Taylor, who served as a boy entrant, aeroengine fitter, Fitter I and engineering officer from 1923 to 1946, including service in the Middle East and India.

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Squadron Leader Sharp

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6352

Recording in which Squadron Leader Sharp gives an account of a raid on Berlin, during which he flew at very low altitude to avoid searchlights and anti-aircraft fire.

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Sergeant Bell - Raid on Bremen

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6344

Recording in which Sergeant Bell, an air gunner, gives an account of a raid on Bremen, during which several night fighter attacks were driven off.

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Pilot Officer B.W. Whitehead - American bomber pilot

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1996

Recording in which Pilot Officer Whitehead, an American, describes his training as an RAF bomber pilot.

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Daylight raid on Milan - Flying Officer Wyness

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1985

Recording in which Flying Officer Wyness, a Lancaster pilot, describes a daylight raid on Milan.

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