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Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PM651/7758M

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1945-MAR 1995, In Storage, X001-3441

The Spitfire PR.XIX was the last variant of the aircraft to see service with the RAF. Unarmed, it was designed as a photographic reconnaissance aircraft.

Side view of a Spitfire XIX photo reconnaissance aircraft a, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Jeff Glover, 21 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7356

Interview with Jeff Glover, who served as an RAF Harrier GR3 pilot during the 1982 Falklands War. He remembers how he was shot down and taken prisoner by Argentinean forces.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Alan Edward Hotchkiss, 9 September 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6787

Recorded interview with Group Captain Alan Hotchkiss, who served as a pilot in Hastings, Valetta and Hercules transport aircraft in the UK and the Far East, including the Malayan Emergency.

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Daily Express Air Pageant, 23 July 1949

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/64/4

Film taken at the Daily Express international air pageant, held at Gatwick Airport, shows Spitfire, Vampire, Stampe, Sunderland, Superfortress, Dakota, Cierva Skeeter and Pitts Special aircraft displaying over the airfield.

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