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Pilot Officer Mitchell - Stirlings outfight Messerschmitts

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1840

Recording in which Pilot Officer Mitchell, a Short Stirling’s tail gunner, describes an attack on German shipping and evasive action taken when engaged by German fighters.

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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

Studies for 'Take Off': Cockpit Interior with Pilot and Co-Pilot (recto); Arm and Hand of Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01182

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 Interior with Pilot and Co-Pilot (recto); Arm and Hand of Flight Engineer (verso) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, 1943. The recto side of the paper bears a loose preparatory study of Flight Sergeant Alexander Quadling who, in the oil painting, extends his hand to operate a switch on the flight engineer's panel., The artist's estate, Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Malcolm - raid on Genoa

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6442

Flight Lieutenant Malcolm describes the flight in a Stirling from England to Genoa, the Alps, the sight of the city burning and a meteor over France during the return journey.

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A talk to members of the RAF by Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, Air Member for Personnel, and daylight raid on Lubeck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6436

Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, Air Member for Personnel, speaks on the importance of logistics and strict economy during wartime. A Short Stirling pilot then describes a raid on Lubeck.

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Stirling loses its turret - Flight Sergeant Whitney

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1889

Recording in which a Stirling pilot tells how he was attacked by a night fighter, ditched in the English Channel and was subsequently picked up by an air-sea rescue launch.

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Pilot Officer C.D. Ince - Incendiaries on Hamburg

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1885

Recording in which Pilot Officer Ince, a Stirling pilot, describes his experience of a night raid on Hamburg.

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Daylight raid on Lubeck - Pilot Officer Barr

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1883

Pilot Officer Barr, leader of a flight of Stirlings, describes the flight from England and attack on the U-Boat works at Lubeck-Herrenwyk, made at low altitude and in poor visibility.

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Brief interviews with Stirling air and ground crews, 24 May 1943

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1942

Recording in which radio presenters meet air and ground crews of a Stirling squadron before and after a raid, asking briefly about aspects of their work.

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Stirling versus three enemy fighters - Flight Sergeant Waddicar

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1892

Flight Sergeant Waddicar, a gunner in a Short Stirling, describes his return from a raid on Bremen, with the aeroplane damaged, the wireless operator injured and the rear gunner killed.

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