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Panavia Tornado F.3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1990-MAR 2010, X005-2796

The Tornado F.3 was designed to conduct long-duration combat air patrols. First flown in November 1985, and in training use with No. 229 OCU at Coningsby from July 1986, the Tornado F.3 entered Squadron service with No 29 Squadron, at RAF Coningsby, in April 1987.

Panavia Tornado F3 on display at Hendon., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Antony John Craig, 28 October 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/003

Tony Craig served as an RAF engineer officer on Javelin and Lightning aircraft and as a pilot in Lightnings. He comments on various aspects of Lightning operations, including QRA scrambles.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Peter Michael Goodwin, 17 September 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6788

Peter Goodwin was a pilot in Venom and Javelin aircraft in the UK, Malta, Aden and Germany. As a civilian, he was a hostage in Iraq in 1990 and 1991.

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Medal Bar of 6, Squadron Leader Walter Henry Park

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 79/D/2131

Walter Henry Park joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, earning the Military Cross in 1917. His Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded for operations in North Russia in 1919 and the Bar for operations in Kurdistan in 1922.

6 metal medals suspended on a bar by coloured silk ribbons, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Helen Seymour and Flight Lieutenant Rosie Steevenson, 1 November 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7409

Helen Seymour and Nicola ‘Rosie’ Steevenson flew together as Tornado F3 pilot and navigator. They discuss various aspects of air defence operations. Helen later went on to fly the Typhoon.

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Bristol Blenheim Mk. I of 25 Squadron, being refuelled at RAF Hornchurch, 11 August 1939

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/5876/9

This photograph is from the last major British peacetime exercise held by the RAF. Between 8 and 11 August 1939 over 1,300 aircraft had taken part in drills in the skies of south-east England. At the end of the exercise a civilian ‘blackout’ had been ordered.

Black and white photograph of RAF Groundcrew in a gas mask working in front of a Bristol Blenheim aircraft, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection / u00a9 RAF Museum, Charles Brown Collection