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Recorded interview with Gordon Samuel Stringer, 24 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6747

Gordon Stringer served as an instrument mechanic from 1958 to 1961, working on Handley Page Victor bomber aircraft of 15 Squadron at RAF Cottesmore and Vampire T.11s at RAF Swinderby.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Mead, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/012

Interview with Chris Mead, who flew as a navigator in Beverley and Hercules transport aircraft. He remembers the introduction of Hercules to RAF service and compares it to the Beverley.

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Hawker Tempest TT.5

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1945-1972, In Storage, 72/A/571

The Tempest was one of the last piston-engined front line fighters demonstrating the maximum performance that could be achieved with a piston engine and propeller combination.

Hawker Tempest on display at the RAF Museum, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1945-NOV 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/A/69

Me 262s were the first operational jet fighters to enter Luftwaffe service, in April 1944. This example was surrendered to the British in northern Germany at the very end of the war.

Starboard side view of Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a on a white background., (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Avro Lincoln Mk II

Aircraft & Exhibits, SEP 1945-APR 1963, Cosford, Hangar Three, 84/A/1182

This aircraft was built at Baginton, Conventry, at the end of the Second World War. It served with the Bomber Command Bombing School until September 1960. It then carried out electronic warfare and countermeasures trials and training with the Central Signals Establishment until March 1963 – and was one of the last Lincolns to be operated by the RAF.

A view of the Museum's Avro Lincoln from above, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Kawasaki Ki-100 1b

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, London, Hangar Five, 85/A/68

The Kawasaki Ki-100 1b was one of the finest Japanese fighters of the Second World War, but was not introduced until 1945.

Side view of Kawasaki Ki-1001b on a white background, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan