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Viking Mk.Ib

Library, NOV 1950, In Storage, X004-7332

Aircraft recognition poster of a Vickers Viking. Air Diagram number AD4672, issue 1, sheet 1, November 1950.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

C-47 Dakota

Library, JAN 1951, In Storage, X004-7331

Aircraft recognition poster of a Douglas C-47 Dakota. Air Diagram number AD4670, issue 1, sheet 1, January 1951.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

Lockheed Hercules C3

Aircraft & Exhibits, AUG 1967-AUG 2011, Cosford, External Display, X005-5969

First flown as a prototype for the United States Air Force in August 1954, the C-130 Hercules, as a troop transport, disaster relief and aerial tanker aircraft has been a mainstay of the RAF transport fleet since the late 1960s (along with those of many other air forces); it has seen extensive operational use including the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Large green-painted, four-engined high wing transport aircraft, © RAF Museum / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Treble-Four, the glider tug

Film & Sound, X001-1990

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant James (Jimmy) Edwards, the pilot of a Douglas Dakota (KG444), describes operations on D-Day and during Operation Market Garden.

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Invasion of Europe: Normandy Campaign - 1/ First pilot to land in France interviewed by Stewart MacPherson 2/ Evacuation of casualties by air - Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck interviewed by Audrey Russell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6427

Brief interviews with Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck, a nursing orderly, and a Canadian pilot, both RAF participants in Operation Overlord.

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Aircraft recognition training - York

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/37

Aircraft recognition training film on the Avro York transport aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s various recognition features. Film shows Yorks in the air and on the ground.

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Fly in of Blackburn Beverley XH124 at Hendon, 1968

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/52

Amateur colour film in which an RAF Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft (XH124) is seen briefly passing overhead before approaching low over hangars, landing and taxiing at RAF Hendon in 1968.

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Dakota - Control locks

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/25

Film in which an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft crashes on takeoff due to the aircraft’s elevator control locks remaining in place. The importance of following correct procedures is emphasised.

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Red Cross Amman RAF

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/204

Film in which RAF Argosy and Hercules transport aircraft are seen delivering Red Cross supplies and vehicles to Amman in Jordan. Supplies are manually transferred to trucks and driven away.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tim Pembrey, 21 March 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/001

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tim Pembrey, who flew as co-pilot and captain in Hercules aircraft with 24 and 70 Squadrons during the 1970s and 1980s.

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