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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tony Evans, 21 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9942

Tony Evans flew as an RAF pilot in Handley Page Hastings and Lockheed Hercules transport aircraft. He also completed a US Air Force exchange tour in Lockheed C-141 transport aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Jennifer Herz and Virginie Mitcham, 1 June 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9944

Jenny Herz and Virginie Mitcham discuss their family connections to the RAF, and Jenny remembers her time training with East Midlands University Air Squadron while a student at Leicester University.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Ford, 10 December 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9933

John Ford trained as a pilot in Canada and flew Vickers Valiant bomber aircraft with 49 Squadron. He later flew English Electric Canberra reconnaissance aircraft with 31 Squadron in Germany.

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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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Flight Lieutenant Ercoland DSO - rescue of a Wellington crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1857

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland, a Wellington pilot, gives his account of a raid on Berlin, and his subsequent ditching in the English Channel.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Brian Burgess, 10 December 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5688

Brian Burgess joined the RAF Police in the 1960s. He served in the UK, Singapore and in Berlin, guarded nuclear weapons and provided cover for a civilian fire brigade strike.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell, 7 December 2020

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5660

Dave Waring was an RAF pilot in Whirlwind and Puma helicopters, serving in various locations. During the 1991 Gulf War he was an air liaison officer with the British Army.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Gerard Jennings, 23 October 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5622

Interview with Ged Jennings, who was an engine fitter on Canberra and Tornado aircraft from 1978 to 1991. His account covers his work at various UK bases and in Germany.

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Squadron Leader H. Price - Bombing Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6396

Recording in which Squadron Leader Price, a Wellington pilot, gives an account of a night raid on Berlin.

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Czech pilot - raids on Emden, Berlin, Bremen etc.

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1998

Recording in which a Czech bomber pilot describes raids over Berlin, Emden, Bremen, Brest and Munster.

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