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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class David Alfred Girdler, 22 July 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/014

David Girdler completed RAF national service with the Airfield Construction Branch. He describes training at RAF Hednesford and at RAF Church Lawford, and his work in the Suez Canal Zone.

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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 Alan Edward Hotchkiss, 9 September 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6787

Recorded interview with Group Captain Alan Hotchkiss, who served as a pilot in Hastings, Valetta and Hercules transport aircraft in the UK and the Far East, including the Malayan Emergency.

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Bristol Blenheim Mk. I of 25 Squadron, being refuelled at RAF Hornchurch, 11 August 1939

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/5876/9

This photograph is from the last major British peacetime exercise held by the RAF. Between 8 and 11 August 1939 over 1,300 aircraft had taken part in drills in the skies of south-east England. At the end of the exercise a civilian ‘blackout’ had been ordered.

Black and white photograph of RAF Groundcrew in a gas mask working in front of a Bristol Blenheim aircraft, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection / u00a9 RAF Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman Alfred Edward Wallis Martin, 28 January 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6760

Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman Alfred Martin, who served in the RAF as ground crew before the Second World War, including a posting to 99 Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford.

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