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Pilot's flying log book of Captain Graham Knight Palmer RFC, 1916-1919

Archives, In Storage, B421

Captain Palmer of the Surrey Regiment gained his Royal Aero Club aviator's certificate at Catterick on 1 April 1916.

Pilot's flying log book of Captain Graham Knight Palmer RFC, 1916-1919 | B421

Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, 28 September 1937-18 June 1943

Archives, 28 SEP 1937-18 JUN 1943, In Storage, X003-7892/001/001

Bird-Wilson joined the RAF in 1937, after completing his flying training he was posted to No.17 Squadron. In September 1938, Brid Wilson was involved in a crash and suffered severe facial injuries, undergoing pioneering plastic surgery.

Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather.  See documentation tab for digital copy, Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather.  See documentation tab for digital copy

Recorded interview with Group Captain Toria McPhaden, 20 November 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7390

Toria McPhaden served as an administrative and secretarial officer, including roles at Lyneham and Leuchars. She was station commander of RAF Northolt at the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s repatriation.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Robinson, 11 January 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7394

John Robinson was a pilot in Canberra aircraft in support of British nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific. As a flying instructor he flew with the then-Prince of Wales.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain David Jones, 26 April 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7380

David Jones was an RAF pilot in Lightning and Jaguar aircraft in the UK and Germany. He flew Phantom and F16 aircraft during a United States Air Force exchange tour.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Long, 20 March 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7376

Interview with Chris Long, who was a Victor reconnaissance and tanker pilot with 543 and 57 Squadrons. He describes his experience of the Victor and later as a flying instructor.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Robert and Flying Officer Diane Perry, 29 September 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7352

Interview with a married couple, Robert and Diane Perry. Robert describes his experience as a supply officer and Diane discusses her responsibility for catering, each at several different RAF stations.

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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Gareth Attridge, 24 May 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4787

Interview with Gareth Attridge, who was a crewman in Hercules transport aircraft and in Puma and Merlin helicopters in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan during the 1990s and 2000s.

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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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Royal Air Force educational service

Library, In Storage, X004-3032

6th edition of Air Ministry Pamphlet AMP 43 ‘Royal Air Force educational service.’ Issued by the Air Ministry January 1937

Cream coloured page with black text and RAF Museum Library stamp. With brown border visible on three sides of page, Royal Air Force Museum

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