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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Phil Mobbs, 31 May 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7401

Interview with Phil Mobbs, who served as pilot in C130 Hercules and A400M Atlas transport aircraft. He describes operations around the world and the contrast between the Hercules and A400M.

Squadron Leader Bulloch - Liberator attacks U-Boats

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1940

Squadron Leader Bulloch describes a 17-hour Atlantic convoy escort patrol in a Liberator, during which he and his crew sighted eight U-boats, attacked seven and confirmed one to be sunk.

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader James Vinales, 20 April 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4784

Recorded interview with Jim Vinales, who served as a navigator in Canberra, Vulcan and Buccaneer aircraft, including participation in Operation Black Buck from Ascension Island during the 1982 Falklands War.

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.

Recording of an interview with George Mason, 2 July 1979

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/28

Interview with George Mason, who served in Royal Naval Air Service airships, including Beta, 4L and R23, during the First World War.

Recording of an interview with Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, part one, 17 November 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/33

Interview with Sir Kenneth Porter, who trained at Halton and Cranwell and served in 2 Squadron before injury ended flying career. He was then a signals officer.

The Abuklarion

Archives, In Storage, X005-4829/002

On 13 February 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Egypt following the Yalta Conference. These pages from station newsletter, ‘The Abuklarion’, document his arrival and reception at RAF Aboukir.