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The story of Pat Thornton Brown as told to Sir Ken Adam by his widow, Betty Mulcahy.

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6723

Betty Mulcahy remembers how her husband, Typhoon pilot Squadron Leader Patrick Thornton-Brown, was shot down and killed. She remembers being told of his death and her life after his loss.

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Recorded account of RAF service by Robert Henry Whiticar, 1992

Film & Sound, X005-6726

Recording in which Robert Henry Whiticar gives an account of his service as a trainee pilot, operational bomb-aimer in Lancaster aircraft and prisoner of war during the Second World War.

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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 Henry Allingham, 29 April 2003

Film & Sound, X005-6737

Recorded interview with Henry Allingham, who served as an air mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, in the UK and in France and Belgium.

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Recorded interview with Robert Avann, 9 October 2012

Film & Sound, X005-6734

Robert Avann served as a wireless operator in Lancaster aircraft of 467 Squadron before being shot down and taken prisoner while returning from a raid on Dusseldorf in May 1943.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ray, 31 July 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6754

Ron Ray flew as a navigator in Beaufighter aircraft of 252 Squadron, which was engaged in day, night and bad weather anti-shipping operations in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea.

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BBC newsreel recording relating to a visit by 54 Squadron Vampires to the United States, 2 August 1948

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6745

A news presenter describes the arrival of 54 Squadron’s Vampire aircraft at Mitchell Field, Long Island after flying across the Atlantic from RAF Odiham. Two RAF personnel are briefly interviewed.

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Recorded interview with Raymond Hankin, 18 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6750

Recorded interview with Ray Hankin, who served as an air traffic control operations clerk at RAF Debden during his national service. He describes the role and operations from RAF Debden.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Bernard Moorcroft, 22 October 2006

Film & Sound, X005-6756/003

Wing Commander Bernard Moorcroft served with the Missing Research and Enquiry Service during and after the Second World War. He also participated in the Berlin Airlift and the Suez Crisis.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftswoman Iris Catlin, 13 January 2007

Film & Sound, X005-6756/004

Leading Aircraftswoman Iris Catlin served with the Missing Research and Enquiry Service during the later part of the Second World War. After the war she served in Germany and Singapore.

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