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Recorded interview with Helen Wheatley, 10 December 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9919

Helen Wheatley worked as a civilian engineer and project manager on a number of projects in support of the procurement and development of aircraft and other equipment for the RAF.

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Map showing RAF stations and civil aerodromes and landing grounds in the United Kingdom, 1940

Archives, In Storage, AC71/9/312

Map showing locations of all aerodromes in the UK, January 1940, Geographical Section, General Staff map number GSGS 3783 AB.

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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel eight, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/008

Amateur film in which people are seen sailing small boats off the coast of Aden. A Royal Navy officer is greeted by a guard of honour as he comes ashore.

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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel two, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/002

Amateur film shows RAF, Royal Navy, British Army and locally-recruited personnel parading for King George VI’s birthday. Vickers Vincent aircraft pass overhead and the Bakri Idd religious festival takes place.

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Tucano - Now! and Tucano Now Take Two, 1990s

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-3060

Film on the Tucano training aircraft and its place in RAF pilot training. Student pilots are seen at various ground and airborne stages of the Tucano course at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

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An Introduction to the Nimrod

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-6099

Film showing Nimrod MR1 maritime patrol aircraft in the air and on the ground as the roles of crew members are explained and the use of equipment carried is illustrated.

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Supermarine Walrus on HMS Suffolk

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6306

Film in which Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft are seen on an airfield and in flight. RAF and Royal Navy personnel and several warships are shown in harbour and at sea.

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Coronation Procession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-6072

Film in which the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II is seen leaving Buckingham Palace and proceeding along the Mall and through Admiralty Arch, accompanied by British and Commonwealth personnel.

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Accelerator trials - HMS Illustrious

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3229

Trials film in which dummy and real Fleet Air Arm aircraft are catapult-launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during catapult trials. These include Shark, Swordfish, Fulmar and Albacore aircraft.

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Vickers Armstrong research and development collection - Highball trials film, can 8, circa 1944

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC99/8/1

De Havilland Mosquito bomber aircraft drop Highball bouncing bombs during trials against the battleship HMS Malaya, moored on Loch Striven in Scotland, and at sea off the coast at Reculver.

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