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Recorded interview with Sergeant Frederick Victor Bashford, 21 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4772

Vic Bashford served as an RAF electrician during the Second World War, including participation in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and 151 Wing’s deployment to Russia in 1941.

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Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb aircraft of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga, 1941 during Operation Benedict

Photographs, In Storage, P031209

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

An aircraft in the snow in northern Russia, 1941, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

A Soviet sentry guards a Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031208

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

A sentry guards an aircraft in the snow. Aircrew walk around it, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset