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Churchill Handkerchief

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1941, In Storage, 1997/0061/C

This commemorative handkerchief, likely printed in 1940, celebrates then Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Britain’s armed forces.

Churchill Handkerchief | 1997/0061/C

Recorded interview with Raymond Hankin, 18 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6750

Recorded interview with Ray Hankin, who served as an air traffic control operations clerk at RAF Debden during his national service. He describes the role and operations from RAF Debden.

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Recording of an interview with William Patrick Elms, part one, 26 June 1974

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/11

Interview with William Patrick Elms, who served in the Royal Navy, the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force between 1908 and 1929.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Jimmy James, 13 July 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7384

Interview with Jimmy James, who flew Kittyhawk aircraft with 450 Squadron in Italy during the Second World War. He was shot down and made prisoner of war by German forces.

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Winston Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore

Photographs, In Storage, P018536

In 1939, Churchill was appointed the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force.

Winston Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore, with cigar, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Captain Eric Melrose Brown, 3 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6791

Recorded interview with Eric Brown, who served as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and as a test pilot, working on deck landing and the testing of captured aircraft.

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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.

Pamphlet with black ink drawing of skyline with palm tree, minaret and an aircraft flying above., Crown

Recordings of a speech by Winston Churchill, the opening of 615 Squadron’s new headquarters and the story of a B.E.2c propeller

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC76/3

Three recordings: A speech made by Sir Winston Churchill at RAF Biggin Hill; the opening of 615 Squadron's headquarters in Croydon; Air Vice Marshal Sowrey’s story of a B.E.2c propeller.

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The first one thousand - A radio impression of the raid on Cologne, May 30-31, 1942

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1878

Incomplete dramatised account of the first thousand bomber raid, on Cologne in May 1942. The recording covers planning at Bomber Command headquarters, preparations on one station and the raid itself.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Frederick Ronald Spring, 18 January 2012

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6713

Recorded interview with Ronald Spring, who served as an RAF driver in the United Kingdom and in armoured cars in Iraq during the Second World War.

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