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Recorded interview with Junior Technician Anthony John Harrow, 18 February 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/003

Recorded interview with Anthony Harrow, who completed RAF national service as a Chinese linguist. He remembers life and work in Hong Kong in some detail and outlines his post-service life.

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Recorded interview with Raymond Hankin, 18 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6750

Recorded interview with Ray Hankin, who served as an air traffic control operations clerk at RAF Debden during his national service. He describes the role and operations from RAF Debden.

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Papers of Mrs Mabel Simmons nee Castle 1941-1990

Archives, In Storage, X008-7611

Collection of papers relating to the service of Mabel Simmons nee Castle, who served as an accounting officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and then as a Chaplains' Assistant with the Churches' Work for Women in the Forces.

Papers of Mrs Mabel Simmons nee Castle 1941-1990 | X008-7611

Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Douglas Anthony Charles Smith, 25 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/008

Douglas Smith completed his RAF national service as a fighter plotter. He remembers work at 11 Group Southern Sector Operations Centre at RAF Sopley and detachments to several different stations.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman George Edward Woodley, 9 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/005

George Woodley completed RAF national service as a teleprinter operator at RAF Tern Hill and HQ Flying Training Command. He describes his work and gives his views on national service.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 2nd Class Raymond Marcus Janes, 26 February 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/004

Recorded interview with Raymond Janes, who completed RAF national service at Rheindahlen in Germany. He describes his work in the airmen’s mess stores, life in Germany and his post-service life.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Terence Myers, 4 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/012

Recorded interview with Terence Myers, who completed RAF national service as a cook. He describes his training and his role in catering for German prisoners on the Isle of Man.

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Recorded interview with Gordon Samuel Stringer, 24 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6747

Gordon Stringer served as an instrument mechanic from 1958 to 1961, working on Handley Page Victor bomber aircraft of 15 Squadron at RAF Cottesmore and Vampire T.11s at RAF Swinderby.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Ronald James Drake, 10 November 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3347

Recorded interview with Ronald Drake, who served in the RAF as a clerk in the UK and with a squadron in the Middle East immediately after the Second World War.

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