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Supermarine Southampton Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUL 1925-NOV 1928, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/A/705

Supermarine Southamptons were the first RAF flying boat designed after the First World War. They entered RAF service in 1925 at RAF Calshot, Hampshire and were used for maritime patrol around the world.

Supermarine Southampton on display at the RAF Museum, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Group Captain Theodore Studd, 9 February 1981

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/46

Interview with Group Captain Theodore Quintus Studd, who flew F.E.2b and Handley Page O/400 aircraft in the Royal Flying Corps and RAF. He served in the RAF until 1945.

Image pending

Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928

Photographs, In Storage, P008877

Supermarine Southampton Mk I (N9899) of No. 480 (CR) Flight was badly damaged during a gale at RAF Calshot on 23 November 1928

Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928 | P008877, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Wing Commander William Reo Carr, 20 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6796

Bob Carr completed his RAF national service as a storeman, specialising in explosives, before continuing to serve in the RAF supply branch at various locations in the UK and abroad.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Barry Weston, 5 February 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3328

Recorded interview with Barry Weston, who served as a pilot in Hastings transport aircraft operating from the UK and Sunderland flying boats in the Far East, including Malaya and Korea.

Image pending

Recording of a conversation with Squadron Leader J Miles, 1981

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/29

Recorded conversation with Squadron Leader J Miles - an RAF engineering officer - and several unidentified people at the RAF Museum Hendon.

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Recording of an interview with Mr Markham, 9 April 1971

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/27

Interview with Mr Markham, who served as an engine fitter in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, working with Felixstowe flying boats.

Image pending

Group photograph of the High Speed Flight, 1929

Photographs, In Storage, P001198

Formal group portrait photograph of personnel of High Speed Flight posing in front of Supermarine S6.

three rows of people (two in front sitting on floor, second row of five n chairs, back row standing) in front of a monoplane, RAF Museum