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Squadron Leader: Sweeps over France

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1873

Incomplete recording in which a Spitfire pilot describes a sortie during which he escorted a formation of bombers to Lille.

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Bombs over the Reich (Foreword), 23 July 1940

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1797

Recording in which a radio presenter introduces the British propaganda broadcast ‘Bombs over the Reich’.

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Flight Lieutenant Learoyd VC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6309

Flight Lieutenant Roderick Learoyd describes a low-level night bombing raid on an aqueduct carrying the Dortmund-Ems Canal on 12 August 1940. For this action Learoyd was awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Raid on Venice - Wing Commander Powell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1992

Recording in which Wing Commander Powell describes a low-level night raid on Venice and Padua.

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Pilot Officer A. Mulligan - Boeing Fortress raid on Emden

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3673

Recording in which Pilot Officer Mulligan, an RAF bomb-aimer, describes high-altitude bombing raids in the Fortress I.

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Attack on Bethune - Pilot Officer S. Newborough

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6375

Recording in which a Pilot Officer Newborough, Blenheim crewman, describes a daylight raid on Bethune, escorted by Spitfires and Hurricanes.

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Sergeant Charney - Raid on Heligoland

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6365

Recording in which Sergeant Charney describes a raid on Heligoland and explains how one propeller caught the sea on the return flight.

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A talk to members of the RAF by Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, Air Member for Personnel, and daylight raid on Lubeck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6436

Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, Air Member for Personnel, speaks on the importance of logistics and strict economy during wartime. A Short Stirling pilot then describes a raid on Lubeck.

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Flying Officer Reid - Raid on Danzig

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6329

Recording in which Flying Officer Reid, a navigator and bomb-aimer, gives an account of a raid on railway yards in Danzig.

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Flight Lieutenant Maydwell - bombing Le Havre

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1976

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Maydwell describes a bombing raid on German invasion shipping at le Havre.

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