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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel seven, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/007

Amateur film taken from the deck of a ship during a transit through the Suez Canal includes views of the canal banks and of other ships passing through the canal.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman John Edgar Hare, 8 November 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3346

Recorded interview with John Hare, who served as an engine fitter on Halifax aircraft in the UK and Dakota transport aircraft in the Middle East during the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman John William Mitchell, 13 October 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/015

Recorded interview with John Mitchell, who completed RAF national service as an airframe rigger. He was posted to 216 Squadron at Fayid in Egypt, where he worked on Valetta aircraft.

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Amateur film relating to RAF operations in the Middle East, reel 2, 1930s

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6781/002

Amateur film taken in the Middle East shows RAF personnel engaging in activities including swimming, cricket and camping. Ships pass through the Suez Canal and Hawker Hart aircraft also feature.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Gerald Stanley Gregory, 12 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/006

Greg Gregory completed RAF national service as an operations clerk. He describes his work at Ismailia in relation to air traffic control and comments on life in the Middle East.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Geoffrey Roy Worner, 27 May 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/011

Geoff Worner completed his RAF national service as a personnel clerk. He describes training, life in Egypt, including the dangers faced by British personnel, and his role as a corporal.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class David Alfred Girdler, 22 July 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/014

David Girdler completed RAF national service with the Airfield Construction Branch. He describes training at RAF Hednesford and at RAF Church Lawford, and his work in the Suez Canal Zone.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Frederick Ronald Spring, 18 January 2012

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6713

Recorded interview with Ronald Spring, who served as an RAF driver in the United Kingdom and in armoured cars in Iraq during 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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