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Avro Lancaster Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1970, London, Hangar Five, 74/A/12

This Avro Lancaster is a rare survivor of the Second World War and among the most significant aircraft in the RAF Museum’s collection. On average, a Lancaster’s life expectancy was 21 operational sorties, yet this Lancaster flew a total of 137.

Four-engined aircraft with propellers and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Original wartime material from the RAF career of Sqdn Ldr John Lyall Sayers 1943-1971

Archives, 1944-1945, In Storage, X005-5907/001/001

These items are the original wartime material that forms part of the collection of Squadron Leader John Lyall Sayers. The material of the overall collection spans from 1943 to 1971.

Photograph with message, Crown ©

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1

Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 1970-JUL 2011, Cosford, External Display, X006-1343

The Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft was derived from the Comet airliner. It originally entered RAF service in 1969 in MR1 variant to replace the Avro Shackleton. From 1979 35 aircraft were upgraded to the improved MR2 standard. Nimrod continued in service until 2010 when its successor, the MRA4 was cancelled. The aircraft was modified to carry wing-mounted Sidewinder air-air missiles for self -defence during the Falklands conflict in 1982 were known as the ‘RAF’s biggest fighter’! Less successful was the airborne early warning version, Nimrod AEW3 which was test flown but did not enter service.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader David Stubbs, 7 June 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3364

David Stubbs was rear crew in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft and Sentry airborne early warning aircraft, including operations over Bosnia and an exchange tour with the United States Air Force.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Becky Woolley, 29 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5677

Interview with Becky Woolley, who served as an RAF doctor in various locations, including the Middle East, the Caribbean, Indonesia and Mali. She comments on her experience of Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Roger Carter, 11 July 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7347

Interview with Roger Carter, who served as an armourer on Shackleton and Valiant aircraft, including participation in nuclear weapons testing in Australia and the Pacific during Operations Buffalo and Grapple.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander David Castle, 15 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4771

Interview with David Castle, who served as a navigator in Vulcan aircraft during the 1982 Falklands War, including Operation Black Buck, and in Buccaneer aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Vulcans and Lancaster at RAF Waddington c.1969

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/200

Film in which Lancaster and Vulcan bomber aircraft appear at RAF Waddington. A Vulcan is prepared for flight and the Vulcan’s crew prepare before boarding the aircraft and taking off.

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Kangaroo mascot Sergeant Dennis Bunner

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X005-5966

This hand made kangaroo and joey mascot belonged to bomb aimer Sergeant Dennis Bunner, who flew on Lancasters with No. 467 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force.

A pale kangaroo with a brown chest, and a joey in its pouch, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Anthony Eugene Peter Webb, 31 March 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/024

Recorded interview with Tony Webb, who served as an AEO in Vulcan aircraft, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, as a pilot in Hercules, including the Falklands War, and on VC10s.

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