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Coastal Command - Attack on submarine (Squadron Leader Thompson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6399

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson gives an account of an attack on a U-boat on the surface.

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Flight Lieutenant Bulloch - Encounter between Liberator bomber, German submarines and three Condors

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1831

Recording in which the pilot of a Coastal Command Liberator describes engagements with Focke-Wulf Condors and a U-Boat during convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.

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Squadron Leader Bulloch - Liberator attacks U-Boats

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1940

Squadron Leader Bulloch describes a 17-hour Atlantic convoy escort patrol in a Liberator, during which he and his crew sighted eight U-boats, attacked seven and confirmed one to be sunk.

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McTaggart's tale - Sergeant Bungey

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6440

Recording telling the story of problems caused by a gremlin onboard a Coastal Command aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Bernard Alan Lacy, 6 April 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4834

Interview with Alan Lacy, who served as an RAF pilot in Sunderland flying boats during the Second World War. He describes attacks on German U-boats in the Bay of Biscay.

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War commentary - Group Captain Pearce extract

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1948

Group Captain Pearce gives an overview of the constantly changing tactical situation in the North Atlantic, as aircraft of Coastal Command attempt to locate and destroy German U-Boats.

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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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Flying Officer Cundy - Adventures of a Liberator

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1851

Flying Officer Cundy describes an 11 hour patrol in a Liberator, during which he engaged two Heinkel floatplanes and attacked a surface ship in company with a surfaced U-Boat.

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Bombing of a U-Boat by the Captain of a Coastal Command aircraft (Squadron Leader Gibson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1791

Squadron Leader Gibson describes the sinking of a U-Boat and a 17 year old girl gives an account of one of the first air raids on the United Kingdom.

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