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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Martin Mayer, 17 August 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3309

Martin Mayer describes his experience as a pilot in Whirlwind, Puma, Wessex and Chinook helicopters, as an instructor and as a test pilot in various aircraft types at Boscombe Down.

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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 Lieutenant Commander David Morgan, 25 October 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4805

Interview with David Morgan, who served as an RAF helicopter and Harrier pilot, flew Royal Navy Sea Harriers during the 1982 Falklands War and later transferred to the Royal Navy.

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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 Master Aircrew Paul Challice, 18 September 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4799

Interview with Paul Challice, who was a radio operator in Beverley transport aircraft and as crewman, winchman and winch operator in Wessex, Whirlwind and Sea King search and rescue helicopters.

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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 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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