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Royal Navy, Mk. 3, lifejacket

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1982, In Storage, X008-9595

Lifejacket was issued to Chief Technician Peter Jack, a member of the ground crew of No. 18 Squadron, who sailed to the Falklands during the conflict aboard the SS Atlantic Conveyor.

Small blue bag with blue carry strap, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Clive Arnold, 25 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/004

Clive Arnold served with 18 Squadron during the 1982 Falklands War and survived the sinking of the requisitioned cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, together with three of 18 Squadron’s Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Andy Wise, 25 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/003

Andy Wise served with 18 Squadron during the 1982 Falklands War and survived the sinking of the requisitioned cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, together with three of 18 Squadron’s Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Darrel Gregory, 23 June 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7345

Darrel Gregory served in the RAF supply branch, and deployed for the 1982 Falklands War. He remembers working to support the only British Chinook helicopter to operate during the war.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Tony Barker, 5 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/008

Interview with Tony Barker, who served as ground crew on Phantom aircraft and Wessex, Puma and Chinook helicopters in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Caribbean.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5692

Steve Carr served as an RAF pilot in Wessex and Chinook helicopters from 1985 to 2004. During the 2003 Iraq War he landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Alan Watson, 25 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/005

Alan Watson served with 18 Squadron during the 1982 Falklands War and survived the sinking of the requisitioned cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, together with three of 18 Squadron’s Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Paul Gibson, 26 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/006/001

Paul Gibson was a loadmaster with 18 Squadron in Bravo November, the only Chinook helicopter to survive the sinking of the cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Boeing Chinook HC Mk 1 ZA718/BN 'Bravo November', Falklands Campaign, 1982

Photographs, In Storage, P032358

ZA718, better known as Bravo November, is the RAF's most famous helicopter. One of the first Chinooks ordered by the RAF in 1978, she is a legendary survivor and veteran of every major conflict of the last 40 years. Four of her pilots have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions while at the controls of this aircraft.

Side view of Bravo November carrying supplies at sea, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Chief Technician Thomas Joseph Kinsella, 17 February 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3352

Tom Kinsella was an airframe fitter, working on Jet Provost, Beverley, Andover, Vulcan, Wessex and Chinook aircraft. He led Chinook Bravo November’s servicing and maintenance team during the Falklands War.

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