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Far East Flying Boat Wing Sunderland footage, 1947 to 1958

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5631

Short Sunderland flying boats are seen in the air, on shore and on the water while operating as part of the RAF’s Far East Flying Boat Wing during the 1950s.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Douglas Anthony Charles Smith, 25 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/008

Douglas Smith completed his RAF national service as a fighter plotter. He remembers work at 11 Group Southern Sector Operations Centre at RAF Sopley and detachments to several different stations.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arnold Pownall Lewis Greethurst, 23 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3304

Arnold ‘Al’ Greethurst served as a navigator in Lancaster, Lincoln, Mosquito, Brigand, Canberra and Vulcan aircraft during the earlier part of the Cold War, including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Recorded interview with Barry Weston, 5 February 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3328

Recorded interview with Barry Weston, who served as a pilot in Hastings transport aircraft operating from the UK and Sunderland flying boats in the Far East, including Malaya and Korea.

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United Nations Service Medal for Korea

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0343/D

The United Nations Service Medal was the first international award created by the United Nations and was awarded to military service member of the Armed Force, allied with South Korea, who participated in the defense of South Korea from North Korea between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954 for a minimum of 30 days.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Robinson, 11 January 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7394

John Robinson was a pilot in Canberra aircraft in support of British nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific. As a flying instructor he flew with the then-Prince of Wales.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Alan Edward Hotchkiss, 9 September 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6787

Recorded interview with Group Captain Alan Hotchkiss, who served as a pilot in Hastings, Valetta and Hercules transport aircraft in the UK and the Far East, including the Malayan Emergency.

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