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Gloster Gladiator Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, AUG 1937-MAR 1948, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/A/17

The Gloster Gladiator was the RAF's last biplane fighter and the first to feature an enclosed cockpit for the pilot. Deliveries began in 1937, with Gladiators continuing to serve in the early years of the Second World War.

Biplane with propeller and silver body and wings, © RAF Museum

De Havilland Chipmunk T.10 WP912

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1952-DEC 1976, In Storage, 85/A/65

The Chipmunk entered RAF service in 1950, replacing the Tiger Moth as as an initial pilot trainer, offering relatively modern features such as flaps, brakes, radio and an enclosed cockpit. His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, learned to fly this Chipmunk - he made his first solo flight on 20 December 1952.

de Havilland Chipmunk on display at RAF Museum Midlands, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Robert Winston Osborne, 14 January 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/022

Recorded interview with Robert Osborne, who served as a pilot in Hastings and Hercules aircraft during the 1960s and 1970s. His experience includes Hercules operations from Singapore with 48 Squadron.

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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 Flight Lieutenant John Stansfield, 18 October 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7408

Interview with John Stansfield, who was a pilot in Victor bomber aircraft during the 1960s. He remembers flying in the Far East, the Cuban Missile Crisis and Cold War scrambles.

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Recorded interview with Air Vice Marshal George Philip Black, 20 January 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/015

George Black flew Meteor, Hunter and Lightning aircraft. He flew Royal Navy Sea Hawks in the Suez Crisis, was a Lightning instructor, commanded 111 and 5 Squadrons and RAF Wildenrath.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Martin Elis Bee, 13 November 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/006

Martin Bee served as a pilot in Hawker Hunter, Lightning and U-2 aircraft. He comments on various aspects of Lightning operations, and his roles as a flight and squadron commander.

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