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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

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Daily inspection of a Spitfire, part 1, Introduction, circa 1940

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC97/253

Film on the importance of servicing routines and the use of servicing schedules in the maintenance of aircraft. Groundcrew begin the process of servicing a Spitfire fighter aircraft after flight.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Frederick Victor Bashford, 21 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4772

Vic Bashford served as an RAF electrician during the Second World War, including participation in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and 151 Wing’s deployment to Russia in 1941.

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Charles Gardner and 'Cobber' Kain

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1790

Recorded interview in which Cobber Kain gives an account of an engagement between Hurricanes of 73 Squadron and several Messerschmitt 109s.

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Dover air battle - Robin Duff

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6447

Robin Duff describes the scene as Messerschmitt 109s attack barrage balloons around Dover. Messerschmitts are engaged by anti-aircraft guns and fighters, several crash and sound effects are heard.

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Flight Lieutenant Storey - RAF fighters over the Channel

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6425

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Storey describes an engagement between the Hurricanes of his squadron and a formation of Junkers 87s over Dover.

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Recorded interview with Flying Officer Peter Willis, 14 January 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6738

Recorded interview with Peter Willis, who flew Hudson and Warwick aircraft while serving with 269 Squadron in the UK and Azores during the later part of the Second World War.

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Aerial combat: Camera gun films: Reel four

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC75/7/4

RAF gun camera film taken from Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Several German fighter and bomber aircraft are seen during aerial combat. Titles provide detail.

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Flugzeugerkennungsdienft Unterrichtsfilm: Eindecker Einmotorig

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/12/1

German aircraft recognition training film in which Messerschmitt 109, Junkers 87, Blackburn Skua, Hawker Hurricane and Junkers 34 aircraft are seen on the ground, passing overhead and in air-to-air footage.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3325

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

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