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Handley Page Hampden TB Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-04 SEP 1942, In Storage, 1994/1340/A

An RAF crew were flying this Hampden, a torpedo bomber variant, to the Soviet Union to help protect Arctic convoys, when it was shot down by German fighters on 5 September 1942.

Handley Page Hampden, RAF Museum / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

RAF Pilot's Flying Logbook of Squadron Leader Lawrence Seymour 'Benny' Goodman

Archives, 01 OCT 1942-30 APR 1946, In Storage, X008-5374

Benny Goodman was born in London to a Jewish family and joined the RAF in 1939. He trained as a pilot and joined No. 617 (Dambusters) Squadron in 1944. His logbook contains the entry of his attack on the battleship Tirpitz on 29 October 1944.

RAF Pilot's Flying Logbook of Squadron Leader Lawrence Seymour 'Benny' Goodman | X008-5374, Royal Air Force Museum

Papers of Flying Officer Bruce Philip Horton Lacey, 1946-1953

Archives, 1946-1953, In Storage, X008-4428

Collection of photographs, letters, scrapbook, diaries and a pilot's flying log book.

Royal Air Force Museum

Canberras at RAF Cottesmore

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/15

Film in which a number of Canberra aircraft, of various different versions, are seen at RAF Cottesmore in May 1974 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Canberra’s first flight.

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Delivery of first RAF Tornados to RAF Cottesmore, 1 July 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/414

Film in which Tornado aircraft are delivered to the Trinational Tornado Training Establishment at RAF Cottesmore. The aircraft land, taxi and park and the crews are greeted by senior officers.

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Observer's or air gunners flying log book of WO Reginald Michael Hoey Keary, March 1942-January 1945

Archives, In Storage, X005-0957/002

Reginald Keary began pilot training in Rhodesia, but was switched to train as a navigator.

Royal Air Force Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant David Wildridge, 22 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6784/003

David Wildridge was a pilot in Phantom aircraft of 43 Squadron, served as an instructor in the Hawk at RAF Valley and RAF Chivenor and as a Tornado GR1 pilot.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Gary Fairhurst, 10 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5671

Interview with Gary Fairhurst, who flew Jaguar and Tornado aircraft in the UK and Germany during the Cold War. His experience includes operations over Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Hall, 24 September 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5619

Interview with John Hall, who flew Spitfire and Meteor aircraft in Egypt and Sudan during the early 1950s and worked as a civilian test pilot for the English Electric company.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Amanda Hickson, 17 April 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4783

Interview with Mandy Hickson, who served as a pilot in Tornado GR.4 aircraft of 2 Squadron at RAF Marham, including participation in operations over Iraq in support of no-fly zones.

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