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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 Squadron Leader James Vinales, 20 April 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4784

Recorded interview with Jim Vinales, who served as a navigator in Canberra, Vulcan and Buccaneer aircraft, including participation in Operation Black Buck from Ascension Island during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Harry Burgoyne, 23 April 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/027

Recorded interview with Harry Burgoyne, who served as a pilot in Hercules aircraft, including a USAF exchange tour, the 1982 Falklands War, the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Malcolm John Lewendon, 26 February 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/023

Recorded interview with Malcolm Lewendon, who served as a pilot in Hercules aircraft during the 1970s and 1980s. His experience included the 1974 Cyprus evacuation and the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Nick Nicholls, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/011

Recorded interview with Nick Nicholls, who flew as a flight engineer in Hercules aircraft, including casualty evacuation, famine relief and the Falklands War. He also flew in Germany and Africa.

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Recorded interview with Richard Tanner, 23 May 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6782

Richard Tanner worked for Miles Aircraft and Flight Refuelling in technical and engineering roles, including the development of air-to-air refuelling equipment and Falklands War modifications to Vulcan and Hercules aircraft.

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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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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Philip Benjamin Bonner, 27 April 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3358

Recorded interview with Phil Bonner, who was aircrew in Shackleton AEW.2 and Sentry AEW.1 aircraft. He was involved in trials of the Nimrod AEW3 and served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Roger Taylor 6 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3373

Recorded interview with Roger Taylor, who was an electrical technician specialising in radar from 1963 to 2001. He worked in various parts of the UK, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Bob Kenton, 4 October 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5682

Bob Kenton was an RAF carpenter during the 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Falkland Islands in 1983 and explains how a shipping container was converted into a chapel.

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