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Recording in which members of a Lancaster crew comment on a daylight raid, 14 August 1944

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/74

BBC despatch in which each member of a Lancaster crew comments briefly on a daylight raid from which they have just returned.

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Recording of an account of Bomber Command and Pathfinder Force operations, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/72

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie gives an account of Bomber Command operations through the Second World War, with particular reference to the significance of Pathfinder Force operations to the bomber offensive.

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Recording of short informal interviews with Pathfinder Force veterans, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/71

Recording made at a party for Pathfinder Force veterans, in which a number of men discuss their experiences of Pathfinder operations with Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie.

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Recording in which Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie describes a bombing raid, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/70

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie, a veteran of Bomber Command, describes the sequence of events that took place before, during and after an RAF bombing raid during the Second World War.

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Recording of interviews with Squadron Leader Wellington and Flight Lieutenant Temple

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/57

Interviews with Squadron Leader Wellington, who served with 83 Squadron during the Second World War, and Flight Lieutenant Temple, who served with 12, 156 and 626 Squadrons.

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Recording of recollections by Mr J Johnson, 6 June 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/56

Recording of recollections by Mr J Johnson, a veteran of 101 Squadron who describes his experiences of night raids over France and Germany.

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Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer Alexander Quadling by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01199

This detailed preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling, a Flight Engineer, is one of many large drawings Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums), in which she represented a Stirling bomber crew at RAF Mildenhall preparing for flight.

Study for 'Take Off': Flight Engineer Alexander Quadling by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper, 1943, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Study for ‘Take Off’: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01177

This detailed compositional drawing represents a Bomber Command crew in a Stirling cockpit. It is one of many preparatory works, drawn on large sheets of paper, which Dame Laura Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums).

Study for u2018Take Offu2019: Interior of a Stirling bomber and Crew by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

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Recording of a conversation between Paddy Leadon and other veterans of Bomber Command

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/25

Recording of a conversation between Bomber Command veterans, in which various aspects of Second World War bombing operations are discussed.

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