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Photograph of Sgt L.W. Clarke with his crew

Archives, In Storage, AC95/45/6

Flight engineer Sergeant Leonard Clarke was shot down and became a prisoner of war in 1944.

Group portrait of seven aircrew in front of a building

Recording of interviews with Wing Commander Patrick and Flight Lieutenant Greening, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/17

Recordings of two interviews, the first with Wing Commander Patrick, who flew as a Pathfinder with Bomber Command, the other with Flight Lieutenant Greening who also served with the Pathfinders.

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Telegram reporting Sergeant Leonard William Clarke as missing, 15 January 1944

Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/3

This telegram was sent to Mrs Ivy Clarke on 15 January 1944, informing her that her husband Sergeant Leonard Clarke of No. 7 Squadron, was missing following air operations on the night of 14 January 1944.

Telegram reporting Sergeant Leonard William Clarke as missing, 15 January 1944 | AC95/45/3

Short Stirling Waiting for its Bomb Load

Photographs, In Storage, P009498

Short Stirling Mk I (MG-S) of No. 7 Squadron waiting to be armed for its next sortie.

loaded bomb trolleys, pulled by tractors, in front of a four engined aircraft viewed from front port side, Crown

Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Baz Donnelly, 14 July 2021 {cg}

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/018

Interview with Baz Donnelly, who served as a crewman in RAF Chinook helicopters. His experience includes operations in Afghanistan, including casualty evacuation, and in support of French forces in Mali.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Gary Rogan, 1 March 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5700

Interview with Gary Rogan, who served as an RAF helicopter crewman in Chinook and Puma helicopters, including service during the 1982 Falklands War with 18 Squadron in Chinook Bravo November.

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German language prisoner record card for Sergeant Leonard Clarke

Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/8

This record card for Sergeant Leonard Clarke was raised at his POW camp, Stalag IVB. It shows that he arrived there on 28 January 1944.

Typescript postcard with text entered, RAF Museum

Letter to Mrs Clarke from the Commanding Officer of No. 7 Squadron regarding the loss of Sergeant Leonard Clarke, 16 January 1944

Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/4

This letter was sent to Leonard Clarke’s wife by Group Captain Kenneth Rampling, the Commanding Officer of No. 7 Squadron. He was himself killed on operations a few weeks later, in March 1944.

Typescript letter with crest embossed in top left corner, Crown

Short Stirling, Being Loaded with 2000lb HC Mk I Bombs

Photographs, In Storage, P009499

Short Stirling Mk I (MG-S) of No. 7 Squadron, being loaded with 2000lb HC Mk I bombs

2000lb cylindrical bomb with flat face being loaded into bomb bay of an aircraft, Crown