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Experiences in England film, 1940-1941

Film & Sound, X004-9321

In November 1940 two American employees of the Sperry Gyroscope Company, Fred Vose and Joseph Sailor, arrived in the United Kingdom. They carried with them a highly secret new piece of bomb-aiming equipment.

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Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1949

Recording in which Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck summarises the achievements of the British, US and Commonwealth Air Forces during 1943.

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Recorded interviews with Douglas Radcliffe, 2012-2013

Film & Sound, X005-6722

Recorded interviews with Douglas Radcliffe, who flew as a wireless operator in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft during the Second World War and later became secretary of the Bomber Command Association.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Kenneth French, 2009

Film & Sound, X005-6730

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Kenneth French, who flew Spitfires from UK and north-west European airfields during the later phases of the Second World War and participated in Operation Overlord.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Llewellyn Jones, 1 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6749

Recorded interview with Thomas Jones, who flew as bomb-aimer in Lancasters of 90 Squadron at RAF Tuddenham towards the end of the Second World War. He then served in India.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman Alfred Edward Wallis Martin, 28 January 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6760

Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman Alfred Martin, who served in the RAF as ground crew before the Second World War, including a posting to 99 Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Alfred Huberman, 26 January 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4849

Interview with Alfred Huberman, who was an air gunner in Lancaster aircraft of 576 Squadron during the Second World War. He describes aspects of bomber operations, including the dangers involved.

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111 Squadron, Wattisham

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/57/4

Ground-to-air and air-to-air sequences showing RAF Hawker Hunter F6 fighter aircraft of 111 Squadron, known as the ‘Black Arrows’, performing formation aerobatic routines over RAF Wattisham, the squadron’s home base.

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The last Mosquitoes, May 1963

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/58/13

Film in which Mosquito TT.35s and a T.3 of No.3 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (CAACU) are seen at Exeter and in flight at the time of their retirement from service.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Mead, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/012

Interview with Chris Mead, who flew as a navigator in Beverley and Hercules transport aircraft. He remembers the introduction of Hercules to RAF service and compares it to the Beverley.

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