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Wing Commander C.M. Wight-Boycott, DSO

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6435

Wing Commander Wight-Boycott's account includes details of how he intercepted and shot down three Dorniers and a Junkers 88 in one night in the area of London.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant James Grant Meiklejohn, 28 April 1996

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3344

James Meiklejohn trained as a pilot in Spitfires, Mustangs and gliders during the Second World War. He explains how, due to the end of the war, he didn’t fly operationally.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Brian Burgess, 10 December 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5688

Brian Burgess joined the RAF Police in the 1960s. He served in the UK, Singapore and in Berlin, guarded nuclear weapons and provided cover for a civilian fire brigade strike.

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Recorded account of the first commercial charter flight from London to Paris, made by Captain Henry Shaw, January 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/67

Recording in which Captain Henry “Jerry” Shaw tells the story of the first commercial charter flight from London to Paris, for which he was the pilot.

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RAF memorial service for the victims of Stalag Luft 3 - St. Martin-in-the-Fields (20th June 1944).

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1957

A recording made at a memorial service for RAF prisoners of war of Stalag Luft 3

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Recording of a speech made by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris at a Bomber Command reunion held in London, 13 May 1978

Film & Sound, X005-6731

Speech by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris to Bomber Command veterans, covering the bombing campaign and its significance in the outcome of the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Joyce Cesarani, 27 March 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6741

Recorded interview with Joyce Cesarani, who served as a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force driver and Educational and Vocational Training instructor at RAF Portreath during and after the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Harry Silverman, 3 March 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6775

Harry Silverman was an airframe fitter in the UK and India and worked with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) in India during and immediately after the Second World War.

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