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Short Stirling Tail Wheel Unit

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1943 {cg}, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1994/1359/A

The Stirling was so large that, uniquely amongst British heavy bombers of the Second World War, it had a twin tail wheel assembly.

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Bomber Command basic efficiency certificate issued to Flt Lt E. S. Brierley, 1 November 1952

Archives, In Storage, A120

This certificate was issued to Flight Lieutenant E. S. Brierley to show that he had passed the basic efficiency test of being able to work on Washington (Boeing B-29 Superfortress) aircraft.

Bomber Command basic efficiency certificate issued to Flt Lt E.S. Brierley, 1 November 1952, Crown ©

Boeing Flying Fortress attack on Brest - Flight Lieutenant Alexander Mathison

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1993

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Mathison gives an account of a Boeing Fortress high-altitude bombing raid on Brest.

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Vickers Valiant B(K).I (XD813) of 90 Squadron, in flight, refuelling Gloster Javelin FAW.9 (XH768 E) of 64 Squadron, 19 July 1962

Photographs, In Storage, P018853

The Vickers Valiant was the first of the three V-bombers to enter RAF service and was the only one to drop live nuclear weapons.

A white jet in front of a camouflaged jet, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Llewellyn Jones, 1 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6749

Recorded interview with Thomas Jones, who flew as bomb-aimer in Lancasters of 90 Squadron at RAF Tuddenham towards the end of the Second World War. He then served in India.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant George Bainbridge Sledmere, 18 September 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3390

Recorded interview with George Sledmere, who served as a gunner in Bomber Command during the Second World War. He describes various aspects of bombing operations against Germany and occupied Europe.

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