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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 Wing Commander Charlie Thompson, 19 October 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5687

Interview with Charlie Thompson, who served as an RAF nurse, including work with the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Afghanistan and at Headley Court rehabilitation centre in the UK.

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Attack on enemy shipping - Sergeants Mosley and Garcia

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1846

Sergeants Mosley and Garcia, the pilot and gunner of a Hudson, describe a low-level attack on shipping off the coast of Norway, including aircraft damage and crew injuries.

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Flying Officer Simmons - Liberator plane

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6374

Recording in which Flying Officer Simmons, a navigator, describes the first flight of a Consolidated Liberator from North America to the United Kingdom.

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Recorded interview with Mrs Eileen O'Sullivan, 8 February 2016 and 8 October 2019

Film & Sound, X008-3329

Eileen O'Sullivan worked on the construction of Wellington bombers in a factory at Squire’s Gate during the Second World War. She describes aspects of life and work in the factory.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Charlie Hammerton, 16 February 2018

Film & Sound, X008-5632

Charlie Hammerton served as an RAF driver, including a detachment to the Falkland Islands, and participated in a number of charity fundraising events in partnership with his pet ferret, Bandit.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Carl Austin-Behan, 29 January 2018

Film & Sound, X008-5612

Carl Austin-Behan was an RAF firefighter during the 1990s before being forced to leave due to his sexuality. He remembers rescuing the pilot of a Hawk aircraft following an accident.

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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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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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