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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Andy Johnson, 27 March 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7419

Recorded interview with Andy Johnson, who was a fighter controller on the ground and onboard E3 Sentry aircraft of 8 Squadron. He remembers operations over the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Ray Dillon, 15 July 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7348

Ray Dillon was an air defence radar operator at locations including RAF Boulmer, Saxa Vord, Neatishead, Belize and the Falkland Islands. He explains his role within the air defence system.

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Royal Air Force Boulmer: Information handbook

Library, In Storage, R015754

Handbook produced by RAF Boulmer around 1969. The site was first a decoy airfield, then a satellite airfield. It closed at the end of the Second World War before reopening in 1953

Pamphlet cover with black and white photograph of large satellite dish between buildings. Blue and black text on white, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Graham Peter Andrews, 15 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6798

Recorded interview with Graham Andrews, who served as air quartermaster in Britannia aircraft and as a crewman in Wessex and Whirlwind helicopters on army support and search and rescue operations.

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Radar Type 85 - film of original installation

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/281

Film illustrating progress of construction work on radar sites at Neatishead, Staxton Wold and Boulmer in 1962. Various aspects of building work and the installation of radar equipment are shown.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Trevor Birch, 25 August 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7420

Trevor Birch trained as an electronics engineer and worked on airfield and air defence radar and with Rapier surface-to-air missiles at various locations in the UK and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Rachael Collier, 11 December 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9898

Rachael Collier served as crew in Chinook helicopters in the UK, Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and the Balkans, and later in Sea King search and rescue helicopters in the UK.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Roger Taylor 6 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3373

Recorded interview with Roger Taylor, who was an electrical technician specialising in radar from 1963 to 2001. He worked in various parts of the UK, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Emma Mistry, 2 February 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7396

Interview with Emma Mistry, who served as an RAF radar operator in the UK and at sea with the Royal Navy, and went on to work at the RAF Museum.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Tim Willbond, 22 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9943

Tim Willbond served as an RAF fighter controller in the UK and overseas in the Middle East, Far East, and the Falkland Islands. He was station commander at RAF Boulmer.

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