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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 Harry Silverman, 3 March 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6775

Harry Silverman was an airframe fitter in the UK and India and worked with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) in India during and immediately after the Second World War.

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Recording of a speech made by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris at a Bomber Command reunion held in London, 13 May 1978

Film & Sound, X005-6731

Speech by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris to Bomber Command veterans, covering the bombing campaign and its significance in the outcome of the Second World War.

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The story of Pat Thornton Brown as told to Sir Ken Adam by his widow, Betty Mulcahy.

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6723

Betty Mulcahy remembers how her husband, Typhoon pilot Squadron Leader Patrick Thornton-Brown, was shot down and killed. She remembers being told of his death and her life after his loss.

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Wing Commander Baird Smith - Vegesack raid

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1979

Recording in which Wing Commander Baird Smith gives his impressions of United States Army Air Force bombing operations after flying on a raid as a passenger.

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ACM Sir Sholto Douglas

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1955

Recording in which ACM Sir Sholto Douglas addresses pilots of the Eagle Squadrons before their transfer to the USAAF, congratulating them on their achievements and expressing hope for their future.

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RAF experiences - Ploesti raid: Squadron Leader Barwell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1980

Recording in which Squadron Leader Barwell gives a first-hand account of a raid on the Ploesti oil production facilities.

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Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1949

Recording in which Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck summarises the achievements of the British, US and Commonwealth Air Forces during 1943.

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US construction engineers laying metal strips on an airstrip in Normandy, 2 August 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6014/12

US construction engineers laying metal strips on an airstrip in Normandy, 2 August 1944

General view of construction engineers laying metal strips on an airstrip, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

A yank in the RCAF

Archives, In Storage, B2445

This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.

A yank in the RCAF | B2445