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Recorded interview with Corporal Ray Dillon, 15 July 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7348

Ray Dillon was an air defence radar operator at locations including RAF Boulmer, Saxa Vord, Neatishead, Belize and the Falkland Islands. He explains his role within the air defence system.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Tony Barker, 5 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/008

Interview with Tony Barker, who served as ground crew on Phantom aircraft and Wessex, Puma and Chinook helicopters in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Caribbean.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tim Andrews, 14 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/021

Interview with Tim Andrews, who served as an RAF Chinook helicopter pilot during operations in Afghanistan and Mali. He explains the importance of the Chinook to operations in those countries.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Paul Twitchell, 23 November 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4825

Interview with Paul Twitchell, who served as an RAF armourer and bomb disposal specialist in Iraq. He describes the psychological impact of this work and his later involvement in sport.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5692

Steve Carr served as an RAF pilot in Wessex and Chinook helicopters from 1985 to 2004. During the 2003 Iraq War he landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Joan Ochuodho, 24 April 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4838

Interview with Joan Ochuodho, who served as an administrative clerk and officer various roles in Iraq, the Falkland Islands and in the UK at RAF Uxbridge, Honington, Benson and Halton.

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Recorded interviews with Junior Technician Alan Read and Junior Technician John Montgomery, 4 February 2022

Film & Sound, X008-5694

Interview with Alan Read and John ‘Monty’ Montgomery, who remember serving together as RAF ground crew on Vickers Valiant aircraft of 7 Squadron at RAF Wittering during the early 1960s.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Stephen Andor, 29 June 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5676

Stephen Andor served as an RAF nurse. His experience covers aeromedical evacuation, deployments to Oman and Afghanistan, work with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone the Covid pandemic and surgical specialisation.

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Recorded interview with Charlotte Newton, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/003/001

Interview with Charlotte Newton, who worked as a civilian systems analyst at RAF Fylingdales. She explains her own role and that of RAF Fylingdales in tracking and assessing orbital contacts.

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Recorded interview with Lesley Harrison, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/004

Lesley Harrison worked as a civilian space track analyst at RAF Fylingdales. She describes various aspects of her work, including the tracking of objects in space and several associated issues.

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