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Recorded interview with Group Captain Christopher Finn, 20 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3379

Recorded interview with Chris Finn, who served as a navigator in Buccaneer aircraft with the Royal Navy and RAF, as a navigation instructor and as RAF Director of Defence Studies.

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Collection of combat reports, 1939-1945

Archives, X008-5400

Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft, and a vital intelligence source. This extensive collection features over 16,000 original reports, organised by squadron. They cover actions by squadrons in Bomber, Fighter, and Transport Command, as well as Fleet Air Arm Squadrons, Merchant Ship Fighter Units and the Air Transport Auxiliary.

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Admiralty, Indicator Unit, H2s, Design 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1988/0259/R

H2s was the first ground mapping radar used by the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Used primarily as a navigation aid, it could also be used for blind bombing.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Peter Augustus Clee, 9 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/011

Recorded interview with Peter Clee, who served as a pilot in Hunter and Lightning aircraft. He was also an instructor on Vampires at Linton-on-Ouse and flew Dominies at RAF Finningley.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Peter Rees Morgan, 4 May 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3359

Recorded interview with Peter Morgan, who was an armourer from 1983 to the 2000s. He participated in the 1991 Gulf War and in Operations Warden, Deny Flight and Allied Force.

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Flugzeugerkennungsdienft Unterrichtsfilm: Eindecker Einmotorig

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/12/1

German aircraft recognition training film in which Messerschmitt 109, Junkers 87, Blackburn Skua, Hawker Hurricane and Junkers 34 aircraft are seen on the ground, passing overhead and in air-to-air footage.

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Accelerator trials - HMS Illustrious

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3229

Trials film in which dummy and real Fleet Air Arm aircraft are catapult-launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during catapult trials. These include Shark, Swordfish, Fulmar and Albacore aircraft.

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Recording of interviews with Mr Leslie Kemp and Mr R.B. Brigham, 13 November 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/24

Interviews with Leslie Kemp, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and Fleet Air Arm, and R.B. Brigham, who was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.

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Recording of an interview with Ronald Fuller, 27 May 1975

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC76/1

Interview with Ronald Charles Fuller, who flew in Fairey Battles in France in 1940 and later in flying boats. He was a ground engineer with 463, 467 and 617 Squadrons.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Ivor Llewellyn Jules Robinson, 3 August 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6758

Squadron Leader Ivor Robinson trained as an apprentice at Halton and served at sea in Royal Navy aircraft carriers. He later served in the Far East and with the V-force.

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