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The Royal Air Force as a career for boys

Library, In Storage, X004-3018

4th edition of Air Ministry Pamphlet AMP 36 ‘The Royal Air Force as a career for boys.’ Issued by the Air Ministry 1937

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

P.R.4 biographical file on Gp Capt Donald Osbourne Finlay, 1956-1959

Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/361

Group Captain Donald Osbourne ‘Don’ Finlay was a Spitfire pilot and champion hurdler. He joined the RAF in 1925 as an aero engines fitter and was commissioned Pilot Officer in 1935.

Page one of typescript press release titled 'Famous hurdler joins Air Ministry', Crown

Recorded interview with David Bright, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/009

Recorded interview with David Bright, who flew as air engineer in Hercules aircraft during the 1970s, including evacuation from Cyprus, humanitarian aid flights in Nepal and work with airborne forces.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Terence Myers, 4 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/012

Recorded interview with Terence Myers, who completed RAF national service as a cook. He describes his training and his role in catering for German prisoners on the Isle of Man.

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Recorded interview with Air Commodore Cynthia Fowler, 22 October 2012

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6733

Air Commodore Cynthia Fowler served in various administrative and leadership roles including deputy director of the Womens’ Royal Air Force and director of recruiting as women took on more roles.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Neil Gibson Harris, 4 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6797

Recorded interview with Neil Harris, who served as a navigator in Halifax aircraft during the Second World War and subsequently in Avro Lincolns before he retrained as a fighter controller.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Neil Logan Cairns, 16 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6799

Neil Cairns served as an engine fitter on Blue Steel missiles and Canberra, Shackleton, Nimrod and Hawk aircraft in the UK and Germany. He later became an instructor at Halton.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Clifford Moon, 18 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3376

Recorded interview with Cliff Moon, who was a survival equipment fitter from 1985 to 1999. During this time he served in the Middle East, Ploče in Croatia and Northern Ireland.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Ivor Llewellyn Jules Robinson, 3 August 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6758

Squadron Leader Ivor Robinson trained as an apprentice at Halton and served at sea in Royal Navy aircraft carriers. He later served in the Far East and with the V-force.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Christopher Elliott, 28 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5611

Chris Elliott served as a drill instructor at RAF Halton and represented the RAF at tug-of-war. He gives detail on his role as a drill instructor and in competitive tug-of-war.

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