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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Leonard Payne, 11 June 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9946

Leonard Payne was an RAF storeman during the 1950s, including service at RAF Topcliffe, RAF Kinloss, a detachment to Malta and at sea onboard His Majesty’s Air Force Vessel Bridlington.

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Air Crew Survival at Sea part two: The Multi Seat Dinghy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-4004/002

Training film on survival at sea. The crew of a ditched aircraft board their dinghy and demonstrate survival drills and dinghy features before being found by a maritime patrol aircraft.

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Air Crew Survival at Sea part one: The Single Seat Dinghy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-4004/001

Training film on survival at sea. A pilot ejects from his aircraft and demonstrates the use of features included with his single-seat dinghy before being rescued by a Whirlwind helicopter.

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Pedro Nine-One

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/560

Film in which a Westland Whirlwind search and rescue helicopter is seen conducting rescue operations around the coast of the UK, working with Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft and rescue vessels.

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Maritime air electronic warfare

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC77/18/1

Film on the importance of electronic warfare in detecting and tracking submarines at sea. An RAF Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft is shown as its crew detect and track a submarine.

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Pilot Officer Potier - a dangerous landing

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1863

Recording in which Pilot Officer Potier describes a difficult landing on rough seas following a convoy escort sortie in a Catalina flying boat.

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The Hudson that bounced - Pilot Officer Ensor DFC and Flight Sergeant Paige DFM

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1861

Recording in which the pilot and navigator of a Hudson describe a sortie off the Dutch coast, during which they struck an unidentified object before returning safely.

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Flying Officer Passmore and Pilot Officer Lebouders - Moonlight shipping strike

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1848

Account by Pilot Officer Leboulder and Flying Officer Passmore of an anti-shipping patrol over Norway.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Bernard Alan Lacy, 6 April 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4834

Interview with Alan Lacy, who served as an RAF pilot in Sunderland flying boats during the Second World War. He describes attacks on German U-boats in the Bay of Biscay.

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Recorded interview with Air Vice Marshal Andrew Roberts, 26 February 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4827

Interview with Andrew Roberts, who served as a pilot in Shackleton and Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft in the UK and Malta. He commanded 236 Operational Conversion Unit and RAF Kinloss.

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