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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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Recorded interview with Corporal Paul Brown, 11 January 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4815

Paul Brown served as an RAF photographer in the UK, in Singapore and in Berlin with the British Commander-in-Chief’s Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, during the 1950s and 1960s.

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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 Corporal Stanley Bellman, 4 December 2020

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5659

Interview with Stan Bellman, who served as an RAF electrician in the UK and with 173 Squadron, operating Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, in the Middle East during the Second World War.

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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

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3325

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

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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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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ronald Myhill, 25 October 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6756/002

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ronald Myhill, who served at RAF Hendon with 24 Squadron and with the Missing Research and Enquiry Service during and after the Second World War.

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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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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Arthur Taylor, 9 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6744

Arthur Taylor served as an RAF ground wireless operator and fitter during and after the Second World War. He fought in France in 1940 and was safely evacuated from Dunkirk.

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