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Recorded account of RAF service by Gordon Cormie, 1980s

Film & Sound, X005-6728

Gordon Cormie, who was a navigator in Wellington bombers with 40 Squadron, recalls being shot down during a raid on Bucharest, and his subsequent experiences as a prisoner of war.

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Recorded interview with Air Commodore Harry White, 30 September 1977

Film & Sound, X005-6743

Air Commodore Harry White served as a night fighter and night intruder pilot in Beaufighter, Havoc and Mosquito aircraft during the Second World War. His post-war service is also covered.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer William Leroy Adams, circa 2011

Film & Sound, X005-6767

Recorded interview with Bill Adams, who served as a wireless operator in Liberator aircraft in the Far East during the Second World War. He describes various aspects of Liberator operations.

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Recorded account of Royal Flying Corps and RAF service by Wing Commander William John Elvin, 1970s-1980s

Film & Sound, X008-3314

William Elvin joined the Royal Flying Corps as an aircraft rigger in 1917, and continued to serve in engineering and training roles through the interwar and Second World War periods.

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A.I. Mk. V

Film & Sound, FC79/136

Film on the use of Airborne Interception radar Mark V, seen in a Bristol Beaufighter aircraft. The radar aerials and displays are shown and explained, and an interception is illustrated.

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De Havilland 16mm reduction, can 102/2 - the Hornet Long Range Fighter

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/180

Film in which a de Havilland Hornet twin-engined fighter aircraft makes several low passes over an airfield and is seen in air-to-air film as it manoeuvres around the camera aircraft.

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Southwell Material reel two

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-9319

Film illustrating the recreational possibilities for RAF personnel at RAF Salalah in Oman. A local dignitary is seen arriving by Vickers Viking aircraft and Hunter and Beverley aircraft also appear.

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Flugzeugerkennungsdienst Unterrichtsfilm, Eindecker, zwo motorig doppelseitenleitwerk Film Nr.322

Film & Sound, X004-9349

German aircraft recognition training film on twin-engined Allied bomber aircraft, featuring RAF Vickers Wellington and Bristol Blenheim bomber aircraft and Soviet SB-2 bomber aircraft in flight and on the ground.

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Amateur footage showing Avro Ansons in Canada, circa 1943

Film & Sound, X005-3073

Amateur footage shows Avro Anson training aircraft in the air and on the ground in Canada during the Second World War. Various views show people swimming and on a beach.

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The Royal Air Forces Prisoners of War Long March Memorial Unveiling

Film & Sound, X003-1736

Film documenting the unveiling, attended by the Duke of Edinburgh, of a memorial at the RAF Museum, Hendon to the Long March made by Allied prisoners-of-war in Germany in 1945.

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