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Sergeant W.H.A. Jackson - Daylight raid on Bremen

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6379

Recording in which Sergeant Jackson gives an account of a low-level daylight raid on Bremen, including damage and injuries sustained through anti-aircraft fire.

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Interview with Corporal Lilley

Film & Sound, X003-1792

Recording in which Corporal Lilley, a rear gunner, describes an attack by a number of German aeroplanes during which one German aircraft was shot down and the rest driven off.

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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 Nick Nicholls, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/011

Recorded interview with Nick Nicholls, who flew as a flight engineer in Hercules aircraft, including casualty evacuation, famine relief and the Falklands War. He also flew in Germany and Africa.

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Other Ranks, Volunteer Reserve, Shoulder Badge, B/G, Ptn 1939

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1987/0992/U

Worn on the upper arm of uniform jackets, directly below the shoulder eagle badge, this rectangle of Melton fabric embroidered with light blue thread, identified ‘Other Ranks’ as members of the Volunteer Reserve.

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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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Legion d'Honneur, Order of the, Chevalier, of Flight Lieutenant Michael Weller

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-1655

Awarded posthumously to Weller by the French Government in recognition of his service as a flying instructor at Meknes Air Base where he served from June 1954 on a NATO exchange posting with the French Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision with another French aircraft in February 1956.

Chevalier badge, Order of the Legion d'Honneur., RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader George Leonard Johnson, 29 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6748

Squadron Leader George “Johnny” Johnson, who was an air gunner and bomb-aimer with 97 Squadron and a bomb-aimer with 617 Squadron during the Second World War, including the dams raid.

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Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01183

Knight made these charcoal studies for her painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums), which represents a Stirling bomber crew preparing for flight. Based at RAF Mildenhall with No. 15 Squadron, Knight, who did not accompany the crew in flight, posed the men as if they were about to embark on a raid over Germany.

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper, 1943. The verso is a study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling's figure and uniform., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

1920s RAF Recruiting Sign

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1990/0217/Z

One of the more appealing aspects of the military service has always been the opportunity to see far off lands and this RAF recruiting sign, from the 1920s, is certainly pushing that concept.

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