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Fairey Battle Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-OCT 1940, London, Hangar Five, London, Hangar Five, 1990/0691/A

This Battle served with Coastal Command in Iceland for a brief period from August 1940 before crashing in bad weather. Its two crew members were injured but were able to reach safety after a two-day walk which included crossing three rivers.

Side view of Battle, showing green and brown upper surfaces and a black under surface., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Supermarine Stranraer 920/CF-BXO

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1940-AUG 1966, London, Hangar Three/Four, 70/A/645

The Stranraer was the final development of the Southampton flying boat to be put into production and was one of the world’s last biplane flying boats. The Museum's example served in Canada during the Second World War.

Supermarine Stranraer on display at Hendon, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

North American Harvard IIB

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1968, London, Hangar Three/Four, 85/A/1356

The North American Harvard trainer was built in great numbers with 17096 being produced. By the end of the Second World War over 5000 had been supplied to British and Commonwealth Air Forces.

Overhead view of yellow aircraft, with black top nose section and long glass canopy, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Canadair Sabre F4 XB812

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1953-1991, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1994/1350/A

The Sabre had been introduced as a result of the Korean War of 1950-53, which had pushed further advancement in the design of combat jet aircraft.

Canadair Sabre F4 on display at Cosford, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Ernest Allen, 10 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5681

Interview with Ernie Allen, who served as a pilot in Spitfire and Typhoon aircraft during the Second World War. He describes search and rescue operations and sweeps over occupied Europe.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 4

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/004

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows curling and deep snow around buildings. Several CF-100 Canuck fighter aircraft and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft are seen on the ground.

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An Officer from Ottawa, Canada, 270: AM Breadner by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00924

By the Second World War, Lloyd Samuel Bredner (1894-1952) held an illustrious career, having served as a fighter pilot in the First World War with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in No. 3 (Naval) Squadron, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry, then in the interwar period working as Controller of Civil Aviation in his native Canada. In May 1940 he was appointed to the role of Chief of Air Staff in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal.

Coloured pastel portrait on paper of Air Marshal Breadner from Ottawa - bust length figure, frontally posed, wearing No.1 RAF uniform with Observer's brevet and DFC ribbon, without cap. Head resting on left hand. Small associative landscape drawing of Southern Rhodesia in upper right corner., RAF Museum

Recording in which Mr J A Griffin reads out entries from the diary of 5 Squadron RCAF, 1972

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/64

A researcher, Mr J A Griffin, reads out entries from the diary of 5 Squadron RCAF, based at RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia dating from January 1939 to October 1941.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/001

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF and US Air Force aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor bombers.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/002

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF, US Air Force and Canadian aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Vulcan, Victor and Valiant bomber aircraft.

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