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Boulton Paul Defiant Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1944, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/A/16

The Defiant introduced a new tactical concept in two-seat RAF fighter design by concentrating all armament in a four-gun turret behind the cockpit. During the Battle of Britain, it proved no match for German fighters and was quickly withdrawn from daylight operations and moved to a night-fighter role.

Single engine aircraft with propeller and black wings and body, © RAF Museum

Hawker Hurricane Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1940-MAY 1972, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/A/1404

The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain Hurricanes were more numerous than Spitfires and shot down over 60% of all German aircraft destroyed.

Single engine aircraft with propeller and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arnold Pownall Lewis Greethurst, 23 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3304

Arnold ‘Al’ Greethurst served as a navigator in Lancaster, Lincoln, Mosquito, Brigand, Canberra and Vulcan aircraft during the earlier part of the Cold War, including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Katie Vickers, 1 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/005

Katie Vickers served with 1 Air Mobility Wing, UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron and Joint Helicopter Support Squadron in Chinook helicopter operations in the UK, Mali and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Lucy Playle, 7 February 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7416

Lucy Playle served in various human resources, administrative and welfare roles. In 2024 she was RAF detachment commander in Jordan in support of the dropping of humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Ian Cathal Macmillan, 18 May 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3360

Recorded interview with Ian Macmillan, who was a navigator in Argosy, Belfast and VC10 transport aircraft, and in C-141 transport aircraft during an exchange tour with the US Air Force.

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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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Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIE

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUL 1945-OCT 1989, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1995/1012/A

The Spitfire XVI was the last major version of the Spitfire to be powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin before introduction of the Rolls-Royce Griffon powered variants.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI on display at Hendon, RAF Museum

Diary of Pilot Officer John Derek Bisdee, 8 May 1940-24 December 1940

Archives, 08 MAY 1940-24 DEC 1940, In Storage, X008-7751/002

John Bisdee was a fighter pilot with No. 609 Squadron in 1940. His diary records his involvement in the air fighting over Dunkirk in May and June 1940 and later in the Battle of Britain.

Black notebook with manuscript entries.

Recorded interview with Harry Silverman, 3 March 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6775

Harry Silverman was an airframe fitter in the UK and India and worked with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) in India during and immediately after the Second World War.

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