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Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PM651/7758M

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1945-MAR 1995, In Storage, X001-3441

The Spitfire PR.XIX was the last variant of the aircraft to see service with the RAF. Unarmed, it was designed as a photographic reconnaissance aircraft.

Side view of a Spitfire XIX photo reconnaissance aircraft a, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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 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 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.

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Red Snow, Nuclear Warhead

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1962-Circa 1969, London, Hangar One, 73/O/210

This green cylinder contained the Red Snow thermo-nuclear warhead fitted to the Blue Steel standoff missile and provided the weapon with its yield of roughly one megaton.

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Sopwith 5F1 Dolphin

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, London, Hangar Two, 77/A/475

The Dolphin was flown by the RAF in the First World War. Its unusual wing arrangement gave its pilot an excellent view.

Biplane with grey body and wings and wooden struts, © RAF Museum

Rolls-Royce Kestrel XVI

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1935, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1997/0106/E

In 1925, Rolls-Royce began designing a radically new 12-cylinder engine in which each of the two banks of six cylinders were formed from a single aluminium-alloy block. Named the Kestrel, the engine was fitted with hand-starting gear and could achieve up to 745 hp at 14500 ft. in later models.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Geoffrey Roy Worner, 27 May 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/011

Geoff Worner completed his RAF national service as a personnel clerk. He describes training, life in Egypt, including the dangers faced by British personnel, and his role as a corporal.

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Fokker DVII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1938, London, Hangar Two, 75/A/804

The Fokker DVII was one of the outstanding fighters of the First World War, designed to win back German air superiority. Herman Goering, later Head of Hitler's Luftwaffe, was an early DVII ace.

Biplane with colourful camouflage pattern on body and wings, © RAF Museum