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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Michael Snelling, 19 September 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4800

Interview with Mike Snelling, who served as an RAF pilot in Hunter aircraft and as a civilian test pilot working on the development of the Sea Harrier and Hawk aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Martin Withers, 22 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5673

Martin Withers served as an RAF Vulcan pilot before and during the 1982 Falklands War. He gives an account of Operation Black Buck 1 and comments on Black Buck 7.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5692

Steve Carr served as an RAF pilot in Wessex and Chinook helicopters from 1985 to 2004. During the 2003 Iraq War he landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula.

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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 Wing Commander Geoff Collins, tape one, 3 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/004

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Geoff Collins, who flew as a navigator in Hercules aircraft between 1972 and 1989, including an exchange tour in Canada, the Falkland Islands and Ethiopia.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3325

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Alan Sully, 17 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3375

Recorded interview with Alan Sully, who served as a navigator in Vulcan maritime patrol aircraft and in Phantom and Tornado F.3 air defence aircraft, including participation in Operation Deny Flight.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Andy Carrodus, 29 April 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5667

Interview with Andy Carrodus, who served as an RAF Puma helicopter pilot and flying instructor during the 1990s and 2000s. He remembers operations in Northern Ireland, Belize and the Balkans.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tony Paxton 19 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4831

Tony Paxton was a pilot in Lightning, Tornado GR.1 and Tornado F.3 aircraft in the UK and Germany. As a Tornado F3 pilot he deployed to the Gulf in 1990.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Andrew Walters, 8 August 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3382

Andrew Walters was an RAF pilot in Tornado GR1 and GR4 aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1991 Gulf War and later operations over the Balkans and Iraq.

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