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Fabric Doll of Amy Johnson

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X006-8956

Amy Johnson achieved international celebrity when she became the first female pilot to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930. She went on to attempt and set a number of other record-breaking flights, some of which are recorded on the doll's sashes.

Cloth doll in flying clothing including helmet, goggles and flying boots, © RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Wing Commander A.J. Edmunds, part one, 22 October 1981

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/9

Interview with Wing Commander A.J. Edmunds, who worked as an air taxi pilot and ground engineer during the 1930s. During the Second World War he was an RAF ground engineer.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Jack Robert Watchous, 11 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3301

Jack Watchous served as a wireless operator-air gunner in Avro Anson aircraft during the early part of the Second World War, including patrols over the evacuation beaches during Operation Dynamo.

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Recorded recollections of Flight Lieutenant Arthur Edgar Taylor, 1980s

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6746

Recorded recollections of Arthur Taylor, who served as a boy entrant, aeroengine fitter, Fitter I and engineering officer from 1923 to 1946, including service in the Middle East and India.

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