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Commemorative Cigarettes

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941, London, Hangar One, 80/C/1124

In an effort to raise morale, RAF aircraft would occasionally drop items that had become unobtainable in occupied countries.

Orange paper carton of cigarettes with W and crown motif, © RAF Museum

RAF flight engineer's flying log book of Sergeant Albert John Rogers, 22 November 1943-26 March 1944

Archives, 22 NOV 1943-26 MAR 1944, In Storage, X006-1372

Aircrew flying log book of Sergeant Albert Rogers.

RAF flight engineer's flying log book of Sergeant Albert John Rogers, 22 November 1943-26 March 1944 | X006-1372

Operation Manna Decorative Tile

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, London, Hangar Five, 1987/1402/C

From the winter of 1944 to 1945 the Netherlands suffered from famine conditions. In the closing days of the war, a truce was arranged with occupying German forces to allow aircraft from the RAF and US Army Air Force to drop food to the starving population. Between 29 April and 7 May, 11,000 tonnes of food was delivered, saving many lives.

A woman and child wave, standing next to barbed wire, wave at Allied aircraft dropping supplies, RAF Museum

Flight Lieutenant Clapin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1986

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Clapin describes a low-level Mustang sortie over Holland and Germany.

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Sergeant Cleaver - Bombing a German ship

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1967

Recording in which Sergeant Cleaver, a Canadian bomb-aimer, briefly describes his training in Canada before giving an account of an attack on a German supply ship off the Dutch coast.

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Lockheed Hudson story by Squadron Leader D.P. Marvin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6371

Recording in which Squadron Leader Marvin gives details of the various operations undertaken by an individual Lockheed Hudson.

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Wing Commander A.C. Brown - Attack on German convoy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1874

Recording in which Wing Commander Brown describes a Beaufighter squadron’s attack on a German convoy off the Dutch coast.

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Photograph of an Avro Lancaster Mk I (JE-C) of No. 195 Squadron dropping supplies over the Netherlands as part of Operation Manna, 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P007095

An RAF Lancaster of No. 195 Squadron, having swapped its usual payload of bombs for food, delivers essential supplies to grateful Dutch civilians.

Civilians cheer an aircraft dropping supplies, © Royal Air Force Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Mrs Joke de Groot-Folmer

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC76/4

Interview with Mrs Joke de Groot-Folmer, who was actively involved in the Dutch underground organisation through which downed Allied airmen were returned to England during the Second World War.

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Flying Officer Petri - The Flying Dutchman

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1877

A Dutch navigator serving in the RAF describes an attack on a convoy of German merchant ships, during which his Hudson was hit and his wireless operator was injured.

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