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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Maurice Bennett, 11 December 2019

Film & Sound, X008-7357

Interview with Maurice Bennett, who was a pilot in Halifax bomber aircraft of 78 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse during the Second World War. He describes various aspects of bomber operations.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Rachel Williamson, 16 November 2018

Film & Sound, X008-7362

Interview with Rachel Williamson, who served as an RAF medical assistant, and participated in competitive swimming and inter-service rugby. She competed in the 2018 Invictus Games after leaving the RAF.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Sadie Melling, 13 May 2019

Film & Sound, X008-7367

Interview with Sadie Melling, who served as an RAF nurse, working with service personnel injured in Afghanistan. Following a serious injury while skydiving she competed in the 2018 Invictus Games.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Georgie Smith, 31 July 2019

Film & Sound, X008-7368

Georgie Smith served in RAF personnel support, and continued to serve after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. She describes her work, including time in the Falkland Islands, Bosnia and Afghanistan.

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Three Afghan Officers at Western Command manoeuvres, RAF Quetta, 1926

Photographs, In Storage, X008-5489/001

Mohammed Ihsan Khan, Habibullah Khan and Syed Abdullah Khan

Three Afghan Officers at Western Command manoeuvres, RAF Quetta, 1926 | X008-5489/001

Vickers Victoria J8918 and another at Peshawar during the evacuation of Kabul, 1929

Photographs, In Storage, PC72/100/240

Civil war in Afghanistan in 1928 led to fighting in the capital, Kabul. A decision was taken to organise an airlift, starting with women and children, which ended in 1929.

Vickers Victoria J8918 and another at Peshawar during the evacuation of Kabul, 1929 | PC72/100/240

Handley Page V/1500 (J1936) HMA Old Carthusian at Karachi 1919

Photographs, In Storage, X003-9764

The Handley Page V/1500 was designed during the First World War as a long range bomber to attack Germany. Only three were available at the Armistice of 11 November 1918.

Handley Page V/1500 (J1936) HMA Old Carthusian at Karachi 1919 | X003-9764

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Defiant I & II (Merlin)

Library, X004-7811

Ministry of Aircraft Production aircraft recognition chart of a Boulton Paul Defiant Marks I and II (Merlin). Issue I, August 1941.

Recognition chart showing images from different perspectives of a Defiant I & II (Merlin), Crown ©

Jamaica Uniform Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-1276

During the Second World War individuals from many Allied and Commonwealth nations joined the RAF. To acknowledge this multi-national support, uniform badges denoting the individuals' country of origin were authorised for wear.

Three cloth badges with names of countries in gold stitching, RAF Museum

GQ Parasuit

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1994/0362/U

In the mid 1930s, the GQ Parachute Company developed a parasuit exclusively for the air gunners of Boulton Paul Defiant two-seat fighters, as the gun turret had no space to store parachutes.

Full-body beige suit with separate brown dungaree-style top layer and elbow-length brown leather gloves, © RAF Museum

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