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Bringing back a Hampden - Pilot Officer W.B. Brown

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1854

Recording in which Pilot Officer Brown explains how he brought a badly damaged Hampden back to England on one engine following a raid.

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Squadron Leader Cliff - attack on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1864

Recording in which Squadron Leader Cliff, a Beaufort pilot, describes his participation in attacks on the German warship Scharnhorst during the Channel Dash.

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Squadron Leader Pugh DFC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1858

Squadron Leader Pugh, a Whirlwind pilot, describes the flight to France, escorted by Spitfires, and his attack on a German airfield, where he destroyed several Junkers 88s.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutent Ayla Holdom, 26 September 2017

Film & Sound, X008-3392

Recorded interview with Ayla Holdom, who served as a pilot in Sea King search and rescue helicopters. She discusses her experience of search and rescue operations and of transitioning gender.

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Qualified Police Dog Handler, 1980s

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X004-5314

RAF Police Military Working Dogs have two primary roles, protection and detection. They assist personnel in protecting, locations, assets and personnel and in the detection of explosives, arms, drugs and missing persons.

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Recorded interview with Master Air Load Master David Neale, 6 February 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4769

Recorded interview with Dave Neale, who served as a crewman in Chinook helicopters. This included service in the Falkland Islands, during the 2003 Iraq War, in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.

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MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-4854

The MBDA Meteor is a beyond visual range air-to-air missile carried by Eurofighter Typhoon, it entered RAF service in 2018 and work is being undertaken for it to be carried by the F-35 Lightning

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Flying Suit, Taylor Buoyant Type

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 80/U/1312

This kapok filled, padded suit provided enough buoyancy to dispense with the need to wear a bulky life jacket. It was favoured by aircrew working in cramped environments like rear gunners.

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MBDA ASRAAM

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-4852

MBDA Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is a within visual range air-to-air missile. The missile can accept target information from the aircraft's sensors or helmet mounted sight, it can also act autonomously.

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431 Maintenance Unit, badge, 1980s

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X004-6287

431 Maintenance Unit was formed at RAF Bruggen in Germany in 1963 and remained there until it was disbanded in 1993 following the end of the Cold War.

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