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Supermarine Spitfire Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, APR 1939-NOV 1971, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/A/263

More than any other aircraft, the Spitfire has become a much-loved symbol of winning against the odds. Designed by RJ Mitchell, its speed, agility and firepower made it one of the RAF's leading fighter aircraft of the Second World War.

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

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1961, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1998/0214/A

The FW190A-8 was a fighter-bomber version of the ‘Butcher Bird’, and was produced in greater numbers than any other sub-type.

Cockpit view of FW 190. Cockpit is partially stripped but contains some instrumentation., RAF Museum / Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant James Grant Meiklejohn, 28 April 1996

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3344

James Meiklejohn trained as a pilot in Spitfires, Mustangs and gliders during the Second World War. He explains how, due to the end of the war, he didn’t fly operationally.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Seb Davey, 20 May 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5669

Seb Davey served as an RAF pilot in C130J and A400M transport aircraft, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and flew the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Dakota and Lancaster.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Phil Mobbs, 31 May 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7401

Interview with Phil Mobbs, who served as pilot in C130 Hercules and A400M Atlas transport aircraft. He describes operations around the world and the contrast between the Hercules and A400M.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Gordon Parry, 13 March 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7417

Gordon Parry was a pilot in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft and VC10 transport and tanker aircraft. He worked on developing and introducing Voyager transport and tanker aircraft to RAF service.

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Recorded interview with Nick Nicholls, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/011

Recorded interview with Nick Nicholls, who flew as a flight engineer in Hercules aircraft, including casualty evacuation, famine relief and the Falklands War. He also flew in Germany and Africa.

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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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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 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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