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Coastal Command - Attack on submarine (Squadron Leader Thompson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6399

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson gives an account of an attack on a U-boat on the surface.

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Interviews with crew of Sunderland

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6444

Recording in which the Australian crew of a Short Sunderland give an account of an engagement with a Focke-Wulf 200.

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Flight Lieutenant Bulloch - Encounter between Liberator bomber, German submarines and three Condors

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1831

Recording in which the pilot of a Coastal Command Liberator describes engagements with Focke-Wulf Condors and a U-Boat during convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.

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Squadron Leader Campbell - Coastal Command

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6338

Recording in which Squadron Leader Campbell gives an overview of the range of tasks undertaken by Coastal Command, emphasising the highly skilled nature of Coastal Command crews.

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Squadron Leader Bulloch - Liberator attacks U-Boats

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1940

Squadron Leader Bulloch describes a 17-hour Atlantic convoy escort patrol in a Liberator, during which he and his crew sighted eight U-boats, attacked seven and confirmed one to be sunk.

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McTaggart's tale - Sergeant Bungey

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6440

Recording telling the story of problems caused by a gremlin onboard a Coastal Command aircraft.

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Flight Lieutenant Bocock (Calling Australia) - Rescue of a Sunderland crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1890

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Bocock recalls how his Sunderland flying boat was forced to land in rough seas due to lack of fuel.

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Bombing of a U-Boat by the Captain of a Coastal Command aircraft (Squadron Leader Gibson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1791

Squadron Leader Gibson describes the sinking of a U-Boat and a 17 year old girl gives an account of one of the first air raids on the United Kingdom.

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War commentary - Group Captain Pearce extract

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1948

Group Captain Pearce gives an overview of the constantly changing tactical situation in the North Atlantic, as aircraft of Coastal Command attempt to locate and destroy German U-Boats.

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Squadron Leader J.J. Thompson - Capture of a U-Boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6397

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson of 269 Squadron explains how he and his Hudson crew captured a German U-Boat (U-570) in the Atlantic on 27 August 1941.

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