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Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vb

Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 1941-DEC 1982, London, Hangar One, 82/A/1716

The Mk V was regarded by pilots as the best handling Spitfire, despite its very short development time. It was also the most widely produced, equipping over 140 RAF squadrons.

Single engine aircraft with camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum

Recording made at a ceremony granting RAF Bridgnorth Freedom of Entry to the borough of Bridgnorth, 12 April 1950

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/62

Recording in which a radio commentator describes the scene in the town of Bridgnorth on 12 April 1950, when RAF Bridgnorth was granted Freedom of Entry to the borough.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Alan Geoffrey Vincent, 14 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/010

Alan Vincent completed RAF national service as an operations clerk. He describes his work at RAF Honington, including involvement with aircraft movements and in the context of the Cold War.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman Robin Ernest Stroud, 16 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/007

Recorded interview with Robin Stroud, who completed RAF national service as a nursing attendant. He describes his work at RAF Bletchley and RAF Stanbridge, and gives views on national service.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Raymond Harris, 17 October 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4804

Interview with Raymond Harris, who was an RAF driver during the 1950s. He served at RAF North Weald, acted as driver for senior officers and travelled in convoy to Germany.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Norman Hurst, 15 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4830

Norman Hurst completed national service with the RAF. He remembers being a clerk in the Transport Command Operations Room, training as a plotter at RAF Bawdsey and the Berlin Airlift.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Ronald Charles Batchelor, 17 February 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/002

Recorded interview with Ron Batchelor, who completed RAF national service as a radio telephone direction finding operator. He describes his UK service at RAF Tangmere and in Germany at Schleswig-Holstein.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader George Leonard Johnson, 29 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6748

Squadron Leader George “Johnny” Johnson, who was an air gunner and bomb-aimer with 97 Squadron and a bomb-aimer with 617 Squadron during the Second World War, including the dams raid.

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Recorded interview with Joyce Cesarani, 27 March 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6741

Recorded interview with Joyce Cesarani, who served as a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force driver and Educational and Vocational Training instructor at RAF Portreath during and after the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Henry Irons, 18 August 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3310

Recorded interview with Harry Irons, who was a gunner in Lancaster and Halifax aircraft. He recalls bombing operations against targets in Germany and occupied Europe, anti-aircraft fire and fighter attacks.

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