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Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01183

Knight made these charcoal studies for her painting 'Take Off' (1943, Imperial War Museums), which represents a Stirling bomber crew preparing for flight. Based at RAF Mildenhall with No. 15 Squadron, Knight, who did not accompany the crew in flight, posed the men as if they were about to embark on a raid over Germany.

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Instrument Panel (recto); Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, Charcoal on paper, 1943. The verso is a study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling's figure and uniform., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Sergeant Michael Young, 2016

Film & Sound, X008-3341

Recorded interview with Michael Young, who served as a flight engineer in Short Sunderland aircraft during the 1950s. He describes various aspects of Sunderland operations, including navigation and anti-submarine warfare.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Allen Churchyard, 26 April 2017

Film & Sound, X008-3357

Allen Churchyard served as an RAF airframe mechanic and fitter on various aircraft from 1962 until 2001. He was held hostage in Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Ian Cathal Macmillan, 18 May 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3360

Recorded interview with Ian Macmillan, who was a navigator in Argosy, Belfast and VC10 transport aircraft, and in C-141 transport aircraft during an exchange tour with the US Air Force.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Thomas Joseph Kinsella, 17 February 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3352

Tom Kinsella was an airframe fitter, working on Jet Provost, Beverley, Andover, Vulcan, Wessex and Chinook aircraft. He led Chinook Bravo November’s servicing and maintenance team during the Falklands War.

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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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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Philip Benjamin Bonner, 27 April 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3358

Recorded interview with Phil Bonner, who was aircrew in Shackleton AEW.2 and Sentry AEW.1 aircraft. He was involved in trials of the Nimrod AEW3 and served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Target folder, operation number GO. 1267, Stettin, 1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/27

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section of Stettin (now Szczecin) giving details of the Pommerensdorf thermal electric power station.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1267, Stettin, 1944 | AC84/1/2/27, © Crown

Target folder, operation number GO. 1273, Vockerode, 1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/29

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of the Vockerode thermal electric power station near Dessau

Target folder, operation number GO. 1273, Vockerode, 1944 | AC84/1/2/29, © Crown

Rudder of Avro 504J

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 65/A/983

The Rudder of Avro 504J, C4451 in which Price Albert, later to become His Majesty King George VI, learned to fly. While he qualified for his pilot’s wings, his royal status prohibited him from flying solo.

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