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Recorded interviews with Squadron Leader Mark Baron, 2019 - 2021

Film & Sound, X008-4817

Interview with Mark Baron, who served as an RAF firefighter before being commissioned into RAF Medical Services as an operations officer. His service includes Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and the Caribbean.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Brian Polson, 8 May 2019

Film & Sound, X008-4843

Brian Polson served as an armourer at RAF Gaydon during the 1950s. He comments on the role of the Vickers Valiant aircraft and on his own role as an armourer.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Brian Burgess, 10 December 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5688

Brian Burgess joined the RAF Police in the 1960s. He served in the UK, Singapore and in Berlin, guarded nuclear weapons and provided cover for a civilian fire brigade strike.

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Recorded interview with Neil Westhead, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/002/001

Interview with Neil Westhead, who was a radar engineer at RAF Fylingdales from 1962. He explains his own role and that of RAF Fylingdales in assessing and tracking orbital contacts.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Alan Watson, 25 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/005

Alan Watson served with 18 Squadron during the 1982 Falklands War and survived the sinking of the requisitioned cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, together with three of 18 Squadron’s Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Adam Hennessey, 28 August 2020

Film & Sound, X008-5651

Adam Hennessey served as a Physical Training Instructor at the RAF School of Physical Training at RAF Cosford during the Covid pandemic. He also remembers his previous deployment to Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Kez Kerrigan, 6 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/009

Interview with Kez Kerrigan, who served with the UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron and the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron. He describes his experience of recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Stefan Bodle, 2 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/007

Stefan Bodle served with the British Army and the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron including operations around Whaley Bridge Dam in 2019, deployment to Mali and experience of the Covid pandemic.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Dave Lowe, 3 April 2019

Film & Sound, X008-4833

Dave Lowe served as an RAF armourer and specialised in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). He served with 5131 (Bomb Disposal) Squadron, including deployments to Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia and Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Clair Ryer, 21 February 2019

Film & Sound, X008-4826

Clair Ryer was a logistician in the UK, Cyprus, Bahrain and the Falkland Islands, and in recruitment in Lincoln. She explains the importance of logistics and the challenges of recruiting.

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