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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Adrian Gillespie, 19 August 2020

Film & Sound, X008-5645

Interview with Adrian Gillespie, who served as a military community responder in support of the civilian ambulance service during the Covid pandemic. He comments on various aspects of this experience.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman First Class Brian Conway, 7 May 2019

Film & Sound, X008-7366

Brian Conway completed his national service as a flightline mechanic, including participation in the Berlin Airlift. He remembers the preparation of supplies for Berlin and the role of German civilians.

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First loop - AC2 Baerlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6373

1941 BBC recording, in which a trainee pilot describes his first aerobatic manoeuvre in a Tiger Moth aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Gordon Leith, 13 December 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5698

Gordon Leith worked at the RAF Museum from 1984 until 2021. He describes various aspects of his work, including changes in the museum and his time as the museum’s librarian.

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Recording of an interview with Captain R C S Reid, 3 July 1979

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/37

Interview by Squadron Leader Jackson Dymond and Ian Scott-Hill with Captain R C S Reid, who worked as a civilian airline pilot before, during and after the Second World War.

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A talk to members of the RAF by Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, Air Member for Personnel, and daylight raid on Lubeck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6436

Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, Air Member for Personnel, speaks on the importance of logistics and strict economy during wartime. A Short Stirling pilot then describes a raid on Lubeck.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Christopher Read, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/001/001

Interview with Christopher Read, who served as a space track operator at RAF Fylingdales. He explains his own role and the role of Fylingdales in assessing and tracking orbital contacts.

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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 Flight Lieutenant Chris Mead, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/012

Interview with Chris Mead, who flew as a navigator in Beverley and Hercules transport aircraft. He remembers the introduction of Hercules to RAF service and compares it to the Beverley.

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The first one thousand - A radio impression of the raid on Cologne, May 30-31, 1942

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1878

Incomplete dramatised account of the first thousand bomber raid, on Cologne in May 1942. The recording covers planning at Bomber Command headquarters, preparations on one station and the raid itself.

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