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Blériot XXVII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, In Storage, 85/A/226

The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.

Single engine aircraft with yellow canvas body and wings, © RAF Museum

Handley Page Hampden TB Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-04 SEP 1942, In Storage, 1994/1340/A

An RAF crew were flying this Hampden, a torpedo bomber variant, to the Soviet Union to help protect Arctic convoys, when it was shot down by German fighters on 5 September 1942.

Handley Page Hampden, RAF Museum / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

RAF Eastcote collection - Married quarters, RAF Wyton and RAF Upwood, February 1958

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/27

Film showing married quarters houses and an airmen’s accommodation block at RAF Wyton and RAF Upwood, including scenes of family life and informal views of airmen in a barrack room.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader David Piper, 24 August 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4794

Dave Piper was a Canberra pilot between 1980 and 2006 with 360 and 39 Squadrons. He was also a flying instructor during his full-time RAF service and as a reservist.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Long, 20 March 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7376

Interview with Chris Long, who was a Victor reconnaissance and tanker pilot with 543 and 57 Squadrons. He describes his experience of the Victor and later as a flying instructor.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Oliver Lancaster, 30 July 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6786

Recorded interview with John Oliver "Jo" Lancaster, who served as a pilot in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft and was the first to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Ken Edmonds, 28 April 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7339

Interview with Ken Edmonds, who served as a navigator in Canberra and Valiant aircraft, including participation in nuclear weapons tests in Australia and the Pacific as part of Operation Grapple.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell, 7 December 2020

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5660

Dave Waring was an RAF pilot in Whirlwind and Puma helicopters, serving in various locations. During the 1991 Gulf War he was an air liaison officer with the British Army.

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Recorded interview with Junior Technician John Dack, 11 October 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7407

Interview with John Dack, who was a radar mechanic and fitter on Valiant aircraft from 1957 to 1961. He served with 543 Squadron at RAF Wyton and at RAF Marham.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Neil Logan Cairns, 16 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6799

Neil Cairns served as an engine fitter on Blue Steel missiles and Canberra, Shackleton, Nimrod and Hawk aircraft in the UK and Germany. He later became an instructor at Halton.

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