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Recorded message made by Tom Barrette for Jack Bruce, 17 December 1982

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/59

Recording by Tom Barrette, curator at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson Arizona, for John ‘Jack’ McIntosh Bruce, keeper of aircraft and research studies at the RAF Museum.

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Flight Lieutenant Ercoland DSO - rescue of a Wellington crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1857

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland, a Wellington pilot, gives his account of a raid on Berlin, and his subsequent ditching in the English Channel.

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Finucane gets home - Pilot Officer R. Lewis

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1862

Pilot Officer Lewis describes a sortie flown with Squadron Leader Paddy Finucane, during which they attacked a German ship and engaged in a dogfight with two Focke Wulf 190s.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Guy Timothy Sawyer, 8 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4751

Guy Sawyer served as an RAF supply and logistics officer, specialising in working with fuels. During his service he undertook various roles in the UK, Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

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Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1755

This painting represents a Fighter Affiliation exercise in which the crew of a Halifax bomber were trained to out-manoeuvre a naturally faster and more agile Hurricane fighter. The exercise was designed to emulate the real-life situations faced by bomber crew pursued by enemy fighters.

Fighter affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane. Walter T. Monnington. Oil on canvas, © RAF Museum

Type SSQ 981 Sonobuoy

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, 1994/0515/R

The SSQ 981 is a passive sonobuoy used in anti-submarine operations. A passive sonobuoy listens for underwater noises emitted from submarines, such as machinery and aims to eliminate background noises found in the sea such as wildlife and waves.

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AMWR, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 20 Numbers 922-982

Library, In Storage, PR03727

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Summaries Volume 20 Numbers 922-982 . Covers the period June-July 1943.

AMWR, Air Staff Operational Summary and Summary of Reports of Enemy Action against the United Kingdom: Volume 20 Numbers 922-982 | PR03727

Oxygen Mask, RAF, Type D

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1987/1837/U

At the outbreak of the Second World War, the cloth covered Type D was the RAF's standard, constant flow, Oxygen Mask used in conjunction with the Type B Flying Helmet.

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Recorded interview with Julie Brierley, 31 October 2017

Film & Sound, X008-4756

Interview with Julie Brierley, who was an avionics mechanic on various aircraft in the UK, Germany and Saudi Arabia before leaving the RAF and later working for the RAF Museum.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Suzanne Flynn and Group Captain Emily Flynn, 7 September 2017

Film & Sound, X008-3387

Interview with Suzanne and Emily Flynn, mother and daughter who both served as RAF engineering officers. They discuss and compare aspects of their work, including deployments, lifestyle and family life.

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