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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Brian Spurway, 29 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6800

Brian Spurway trained as an apprentice airframe fitter at RAF Halton and worked on Hunter, Dakota and Hastings aircraft and as an air engineer in Hastings and Hercules transport aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Vincent Hawkett, 8 October 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3316

Vincent Hawkett served as a radio mechanic in India during the Second World War, working with Vengeance, Hudson and Dakota aircraft. He comments on various aspects of Allied air operations.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman John Edgar Hare, 8 November 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3346

Recorded interview with John Hare, who served as an engine fitter on Halifax aircraft in the UK and Dakota transport aircraft in the Middle East during the Second World War.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Norman Hurst, 15 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4830

Norman Hurst completed national service with the RAF. He remembers being a clerk in the Transport Command Operations Room, training as a plotter at RAF Bawdsey and the Berlin Airlift.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ray Cooledge, 11 September 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7404

Interview with Ray Cooledge, who served as an RAF airframe fitter and as a pilot in Dakota transport aircraft, including operations between India and China during the Second World War.

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RAF air ambulance orderlies flying log book of LACW Lilian F. Eastman, 1944-1945

Archives, In Storage, DC75/60/42

This is a logbook which belonged to Leading Aircraftwoman Lilian Eastman of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. Following D-Day she served as a Nursing Orderly for Allied casualties.

RAF air ambulance orderlies flying log book of LACW Lilian F. Eastman, 1944-1945 | DC75/60/42

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arthur Spencer, 22 May 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7423

Arthur Spencer was a navigator in Lancaster bomber aircraft of 97 Squadron, including raids on Peenemünde and Berlin. In Dakota transport aircraft, he participated in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949.

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Operation Grapple 1956-1957

Library, In Storage, R014606

Government publication that provides details about the work of Operation Grapple, 1956-1957.

Front page of Operation Grapple booklet, Crown ©

Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman Robert John Holton, 26 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/009

Interview with Robert Holton, who completed RAF national service as an air traffic control assistant. He explains this role, describes various aspects and remembers disciplinary issues encountered during his service.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Joe Randall, 24 February 2020

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5639

Interview with Joe Randall, who served with 5022 Squadron of the RAF’s Airfield Construction Branch, working on advanced airfields during the battle for Normandy and the subsequent advance into Germany.

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