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Avro York Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, OCT 1945-OCT 1964, Cosford, Hangar Four, 75/A/725

Manufactured by Avro and incorporating the wings, tail, undercarriage and engines of the Lancaster bomber, the York was to prove a useful military and civilian transport aircraft in war and peace.

Avro York on display at the RAF Museum, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Wing Commander John Paige, 24 June 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5606

Interview with John Paige, who served as an air traffic controller during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including various RAF bases in the UK and tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Mike Beech, 25 March 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7333

Mike Beech served as an RAF Harrier pilot in Germany during the 1970s and 1980s, including deployment to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Belinda Mollan, 7 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5670

Belinda Mollan served as an RAF nurse specialising in aeromedical evacuation. She describes her work in relation to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and with regard to highly infectious illnesses.

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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 Jeff Glover, 21 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7356

Interview with Jeff Glover, who served as an RAF Harrier GR3 pilot during the 1982 Falklands War. He remembers how he was shot down and taken prisoner by Argentinean forces.

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