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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Alice McDermott, 5 February 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4768

Alice McDermott served as an RAF pilot in Tornado and Hercules aircraft, including Iraq and Afghanistan, before becoming a reservist chaplain. She describes her work relating to religion and welfare.

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Bundle of Window

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-0889

Window was the codename for strips of aluminium foil, now more commonly referred to as Chaff, which produced a deceptive echo, similar to that of an aircraft, on enemy radar screens.

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Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg, charcoal on paper.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1747

In April 1942, for his Official War Artist commission, David Bomberg spent a fortnight 90 feet underground in the vast bomb store of RAF Fauld, Burton-on-Trent, where he saw bombs being loaded on to racks, ready for use.

Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg. Charcoal on paper., Crown copyright (expired).

Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Keith Hawkins, 19 February 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4773

Interview with Keith Hawkins, who served as an RAF Regiment gunner during the 1970s, including deployment to Belize with Bofors anti-aircraft guns in support of air operations in the country.

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Recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, part one, 20 May 1971

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/48

Poor quality recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, who served in armoured cars in Aden, Iraq, Palestine and the Western Desert in the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Roderick Trevaskus, 20 March and 30 May 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4781

Rod Trevaskus was an Air Electronics Officer in Vulcan aircraft during the Falklands War and as a ground liaison officer attached to 7th Armoured Brigade during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Henry William Hodgson, 5 April 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4782

Interview with Harry Hodgson, who served as an airframe fitter with 10 Squadron at RAF Melbourne during the Second World War. He gives an account of work and social life.

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2000lb High Capacity Bomb Mk 2

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 65/O/1029

The 2,000lb blast bomb was the smallest of the High Capacity series.

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Fired Out Engines by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1794

From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD1989.

Fired Out Engines by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper, 1942-43, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

United Nations Brassard, Ptn 1990s

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Six, X008-4706

This UN brassard was worn by Cpl Cliff Moon when he was posted to Ploce, Croatia as part of United Nations peace keeping forces sent to the former Yugoslavia.

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