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Recording in which Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie describes a bombing raid, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/70

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie, a veteran of Bomber Command, describes the sequence of events that took place before, during and after an RAF bombing raid during the Second World War.

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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

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Target map for Hanau, 1944

Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/8

This target map of Hanau was issued in 1944. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Printed map of Hannau and surrounds to aid bomb aimers when flying over the target at night, © Crown

Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Gerard Norwood, 6 September 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5617

Gerry Norwood served as an RAF Lancaster tail gunner with 460 Squadron during the Second World War. He describes his experience of bombing operations over Germany, including the dangers involved.

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Raid on Emden - 31/1/42

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1860

Recording in which the rear gunner of a Handley Page Hampden describes a raid on Emden and the low temperatures experienced during night bombing operations.

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Flight Lieutenant MacNaughton - Ruhr attack

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1869

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant MacNaughton describes an attack on a target in the Ruhr Valley and comments on the importance of strategic bombing within the context of Allied strategy.

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Flight Lieutenant Ercoland DSO - rescue of a Wellington crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1857

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland, a Wellington pilot, gives his account of a raid on Berlin, and his subsequent ditching in the English Channel.

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Target folder, operation number GO. 1230, Waldenburg, 1941-1945

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/20

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section, giving details of the thermal electric power station of the Elektrizitatswerk Schlesien A.G.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1230, Waldenburg, 1941-1945 | AC84/1/2/20, © Crown

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166 December 1943-January 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03730

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166. Covers the period December 1943-January 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 23 Numbers 1105-1166 December 1943-January 1944 | PR03730

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 27 Numbers 1349-1409 August-September 1944

Library, In Storage, PR03734

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 27 Numbers 1349-1409. Covers the period August-September 1944.

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 27 Numbers 1349-1409 August-September 1944 | PR03734