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Invasion of Europe: Normandy Campaign - 1/ First pilot to land in France interviewed by Stewart MacPherson 2/ Evacuation of casualties by air - Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck interviewed by Audrey Russell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6427

Brief interviews with Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck, a nursing orderly, and a Canadian pilot, both RAF participants in Operation Overlord.

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A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt being worked on by engineers at the Thunderbolt Maintenance Depot, Normandy, 26 August 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6020/7

During the battle for Normandy that followed the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the Allies relied on air power to help support their advance.

General view of striped down Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and spare parts amongst trees, with ground crews, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection