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Recorded interview with Gilbert Clarke, 13 December 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9902

Gilbert Clarke came to the UK from Jamaica to serve in the RAF during the Second World War. He describes his training and work in electronics and with aircraft instruments.

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Coastal Command Review: Volume 1 Numbers 1-12 1942-1943

Library, In Storage, PR06058

Bound volume of 'Coastal Command Review': Volume 1 Numbers 1-12 1942-1943

Printed periodical, Crown

Coastal Command Review: Volume 2 Numbers 1-8 1943

Library, In Storage, PR06054

Bound volume of 'Coastal Command Review': Volume 2 Numbers 1-8 1943

Printed periodical, Crown

Recording of interviews with Mr Leslie Kemp and Mr R.B. Brigham, 13 November 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/24

Interviews with Leslie Kemp, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and Fleet Air Arm, and R.B. Brigham, who was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Cairns and Group Captain John Platt, 23 January 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4820

John Cairns and John Platt served as an Air Electronics Operator and navigator respectively in Shackleton and Nimrod aircraft. They describe their shared experience of operations in maritime patrol aircraft.

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Squadron Leader Birch - Sunderland pilot

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1968

Recording in which Squadron Leader Birch, an Australian Sunderland pilot, describes an engagement between his aeroplane and two Junkers 88s over the Atlantic.

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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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