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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Richard Murray, 1 October 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9916/003

Richard Murray served as an RAF musician and as the RAF’s principal director of music. He discusses aspects of the work of RAF Music Services in RAF and public events.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftswoman Olga Hopkins, 21 July 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9913

Olga Hopkins gives an account of her Second World War service as a wireless mechanic in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). She describes training and her work with aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Naomi Barnett, 16 September 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9915

Naomi Barnett was the first woman to fly solo with a university air squadron. She later served as an RAF air traffic controller and trained as a civilian airline pilot.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Roy Martin, 25 February 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9911

Roy Martin describes his RAF service as a radio fitter, working on Javelin, Hunter, Beverley, Pioneer and Twin Pioneer aircraft. He also remembers his long-standing involvement with the RAF Museum.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftswoman Pádraigín Ní Rághillíg, 7 March 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9912

Pádraigín Ní Rághillíg remembers RAF service as a telegraphist in the UK, Germany and Gibraltar. She describes her work and remembers her discharge from the RAF due to her sexuality.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Peter Booth, 13 August 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9914

Pete Booth gives an account of his service as a crewman in Merlin helicopters in Iraq and Chinook helicopters in Afghanistan, including detail on his experience of casualty evacuation operations.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Peter Taylor, 14 May 2024

Film & Sound, X008-9906

Peter Taylor describes his Second World War service as a radio operator in B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of 34 Squadron South African Air Force, then operating from bases in Italy.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Michael Smith, 16 July 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9908

Michael Smith explains how he joined the RAF and tells the story of how he ejected from an Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft of 101 Squadron following a double engine failure.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Tracy Footitt, 4 October 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9910

Tracy Footitt gives an account of her service with the RAF Police in Germany and the UK, and explains how she was discharged from the RAF due to her sexuality.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Jonathan Murnane, 18 April 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9905

Interview in which Jonathan Murnane discusses his experience as a navigator in Chinook helicopters, including Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan and casualty evacuation flights with the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT).

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