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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Norman Hurst, 15 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4830

Norman Hurst completed national service with the RAF. He remembers being a clerk in the Transport Command Operations Room, training as a plotter at RAF Bawdsey and the Berlin Airlift.

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Target Map for Berlin-Templelhof, railway marshalling yards, 1942

Library, In Storage, X001-3156

This target map of Berlin was issued in 1942. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Target Map for Berlin-Templelhof, railway marshalling yards, 1942 | X001-3156, © Crown

Target map of Berlin, Tempelhof marshalling yard, and Anhalter and Potsdamer stations, target No. 6(d)(vi)70, 1943

Archives, In Storage, B4279

This map shows targeting information for RAF Bomber Command crews attacking Berlin ahead of the Battle of Berlin. The British believed heavy, targeted raids - making use of new aircraft like the Lancaster - on Berlin would defeat Germany and end the Second World War.

Printed map., © Crown

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arthur Spencer, 22 May 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7423

Arthur Spencer was a navigator in Lancaster bomber aircraft of 97 Squadron, including raids on Peenemünde and Berlin. In Dakota transport aircraft, he participated in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949.

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Squadron Leader Sharp

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6352

Recording in which Squadron Leader Sharp gives an account of a raid on Berlin, during which he flew at very low altitude to avoid searchlights and anti-aircraft fire.

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Daylight raid on Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1958

Recording in which a bomber crewman describes a daylight raid on Berlin, with little opposition from ground fire or fighters.

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RAF experiences - reconnaissance over Berlin by Flight Sergeant Keith Campbell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1972

Recording in which Flight Sergeant Campbell, a reconnaissance pilot, describes a daylight sortie over Berlin.

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Flying Officer Hill - raid on Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6438

Recording in which Flying Officer Hill describes his experiences as a wireless operator during raids on Berlin.

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Pilot Officers Milson & Careless - eleven and a half hours in a dinghy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1896

Recording in which the pilot and rear gunner of a bomber describe a raid on Berlin and their subsequent ditching in the North Sea.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 2nd Class Monty Zeid, 5 April 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/017

Recorded interview with Monty Zeid, who completed RAF national service as a tailor. He describes his work and wider experience of RAF service, including his involvement in the Berlin Airlift.

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