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Baghdad and the River Tigris from 10000 ft Looking North Towards Khadimain by Richard Carline, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00893

Richard and his elder brother Sydney became Official War Artists of RAF subjects in 1918 after serving as a wireless operator and a fighter pilot respectively – Richard in France and Sydney in Italy.

Richard Carline aerial view painting of Baghdad and the River Tigris, © The Estate of Richard Carline / Bridgeman Images. / RAF Museum

Sopwith Snipe (E6655 B) of No. 1 Squadron, starboard front view in flight, inverted, Iraq, about 1926

Photographs, In Storage, P008406

Sopwith Snipe (E6655 B) of No. 1 Squadron being flown inverted by Dermot Alexander Boyle (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle), Iraq, about 1926.

Sopwith Snipe (E6655 B) of No. 1 Squadron, starboard front view in flight, inverted, Iraq, about 1926 | P008406, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Sergeant Mal McLean, 24 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/004

Interview with Mal McLean, who served with the UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron and the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron. His deployments include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mali and Whaley Bridge Dam.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Group Captain H.V. Drew, 29 January 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/8

Interview with Group Captain H.V. Drew, who served in Royal Naval Air Service airships during the First World War. After the war he flew with 24 and 100 Squadrons.

Image pending

Recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, part two, 8 September 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/49

Interview with Mr V E Williams, who served in armoured cars in Aden, Iraq, Palestine and the Western Desert in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tom Ball, 7 February 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7397

Interview with Tom Ball, who served as a Tornado GR4 pilot with 13 Squadron. He describes his experience of Tornado operations over Iraq, including reconnaissance, air-to-air refuelling and night flying.

Image pending

Boeing-Vertol Chinook HC.6A ZA718 Bravo November

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X008-0998

This Chinook, known as Bravo November, is the RAF’s most famous helicopter. As one of the first Chinooks ordered by the RAF in 1978, she has participated in most major conflicts of the last four decades. Four of her pilots have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions while at the controls of this aircraft.

Starboard side view of Boeing Chinook on a white background., © RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Group Captain Anne-Marie Houghton, 23 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4753

Interview with Anne-Marie Houghton, who served as a navigator in Hercules and E-3 Sentry aircraft. She was involved in operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan and commanded 54 Squadron.

Image pending

RAF flatbed lorry carrying an experimental light tank, Iraq, 1932

Photographs, P014599

An RAF Crossley 30/70hp flatbed lorry with a Carden Lloyd tankette on the rear.

RAF flatbed lorry carrying an experimental light tank, Iraq, 1932 | P014599, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, HMAC Glengorm

Photographs, In Storage, P020966

Rolls-Royce Armoured Car "HMAC Glengorm", photographed in Iraq.

Armoured Car in Iraq, stationary on sand, with boards under starboard rear wheel, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum