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Recorded interview with Air Commodore Ruth Montague, 30 September 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7353

Interview with Ruth Montague, who served as an education officer and in welfare roles at various RAF stations and as the last director of the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF).

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Jeff Glover, 21 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7356

Interview with Jeff Glover, who served as an RAF Harrier GR3 pilot during the 1982 Falklands War. He remembers how he was shot down and taken prisoner by Argentinean forces.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Bill Evans, 16 September 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7351

Interview with Bill Evans, who served as an RAF airframe fitter on Washington, Canberra and Valiant bomber aircraft. He participated in British nuclear weapons testing in Australia and the Pacific.

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1312 Flight Crew 63 MPA September 1988 to January 1989

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6774

Film taken at RAF Mount Pleasant and in flight around the Falkland Islands shows the crew of a Hercules transport aircraft on the ground and in flight during air-to-air refuelling.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Ian Mollan, 11 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5672

Interview with Ian Mollan, who served as an RAF doctor specialising in aeromedical evacuation and occupational medicine. He explains his responsibility for aeromedical evacuation from Afghanistan and around the world.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Lucy Playle, 7 February 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7416

Lucy Playle served in various human resources, administrative and welfare roles. In 2024 she was RAF detachment commander in Jordan in support of the dropping of humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Rachael Collier, 11 December 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9898

Rachael Collier served as crew in Chinook helicopters in the UK, Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and the Balkans, and later in Sea King search and rescue helicopters in the UK.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Peter Jack, 24 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/001

Peter Jack served with 18 Squadron during the 1982 Falklands War and survived the sinking of the requisitioned cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, together with three of 18 Squadron’s Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Suvanne Southgate, 23 February 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9935

Suvanne Southgate explains her role with the RAF’s trade group 10, including responsibility for discipline and training at RAF Swinderby, RAF Honington, RAF Hospital Ely, Berlin and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Trevor Birch, 25 August 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7420

Trevor Birch trained as an electronics engineer and worked on airfield and air defence radar and with Rapier surface-to-air missiles at various locations in the UK and the Falkland Islands.

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