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Squadron Leader J.J. Thompson - Capture of a U-Boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6397

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson of 269 Squadron explains how he and his Hudson crew captured a German U-Boat (U-570) in the Atlantic on 27 August 1941.

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Pilot Officer Briggs - Catalina pilot reporting on the sighting of the Bismarck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6370

Recording in which Pilot Officer Briggs explains how he and the crew of his Catalina located the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic.

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Flying Officer Petri - The Flying Dutchman

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1877

A Dutch navigator serving in the RAF describes an attack on a convoy of German merchant ships, during which his Hudson was hit and his wireless operator was injured.

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Attack on shipping off French coast - Flight Lieutenant Cawthorn

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1887

Flight Lieutenant Cawthorn gives an account of a Beaufort patrol off the Cotentin Peninsula, during which a ship was sighted and attacked with bombs.

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Flying Officer J.A. Bell - the story of a wireless operator

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1880

Recording in which Flying Officer Bell tells the story of a shipping strike off the coast of Norway, during which his Hudson was damaged and wireless operator injured.

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Pilot Officers Milson & Careless - eleven and a half hours in a dinghy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1896

Recording in which the pilot and rear gunner of a bomber describe a raid on Berlin and their subsequent ditching in the North Sea.

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Squadron Leader Hibberd

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6354

Recording in which Squadron Leader Hibberd, a Beaufort pilot, gives an account of a torpedo attack on a German convoy in the North Sea.

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Interview with three RAF Sergeants after bombing attack on enemy supply ships

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1997

Recording in which the crew of a Coastal Command aeroplane describe an attack on German ships at sea.

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Recorded interview with Flying Officer Peter Willis, 14 January 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6738

Recorded interview with Peter Willis, who flew Hudson and Warwick aircraft while serving with 269 Squadron in the UK and Azores during the later part of the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Neil Gibson Harris, 4 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6797

Recorded interview with Neil Harris, who served as a navigator in Halifax aircraft during the Second World War and subsequently in Avro Lincolns before he retrained as a fighter controller.

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