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Hawker Hart Trainer

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1935-SEP 1943, In Storage, 71/A/1415

This aircraft was built in 1935 by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. After a brief flying career with No. 2 Flying Training School, it was placed in storage in 1938.

Yellow-coloured bi-plane aircraft with RAF roundels, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

A place for you in the WRAF

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC77/19/1

Recruiting film for the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF), in which women join the WRAF and train to work in various different trades. The range of available opportunities is emphasised.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Bill Evans, 16 September 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7351

Interview with Bill Evans, who served as an RAF airframe fitter on Washington, Canberra and Valiant bomber aircraft. He participated in British nuclear weapons testing in Australia and the Pacific.

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Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1945 {cg}, London, Hangar Five, 85/O/49

This Ohka was one of four examples bought back to the UK for evaluation by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit at the end of the Second World War.

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120lb, GP, Mk. 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1936-1972, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/O/10

The Mk.I General Purpose (GP) bomb entered RAF service in 1925. The 120lb variant was least used and the RAF later standardised on 250lb and 500lb sizes.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Vince Williams, 26 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4832

Vince Williams was an airframe fitter on Javelin, Jet Provost, Vulcan, Hercules, VC10 and Belvedere aircraft in the UK, Borneo and Singapore. He also flew as a crewman in Belvederes.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Michael Stocks, 5 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4828

Interview with Mike Stocks, who served as an RAF engineer and bomb disposal officer. He describes his work in the Falkland Islands and in command of 5131 (Bomb Disposal) Squadron.

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Scottish Aviation Jetstream T Mk 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-3610

The Jetstream served as the RAF’s standard multi-engined pilot trainer for many years, and was the last aircraft of Handley Page design in RAF service, though a few still fly with the Royal Navy.

Small twin-turboprop aircraft with red and white fuselage., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Corporal Bob Kenton, 4 October 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5682

Bob Kenton was an RAF carpenter during the 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Falkland Islands in 1983 and explains how a shipping container was converted into a chapel.

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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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