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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Oliver Lancaster, 30 July 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6786

Recorded interview with John Oliver "Jo" Lancaster, who served as a pilot in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft and was the first to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.

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Log Book of Group Captain Douglas Bader

Archives, In Storage, B354

This logbook belonged to Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader. His life was encapsulated in the film 'Reach for the Sky' (1956).

An open page of a book, with printed lines and handwritten entries, © Crown Copyright

1935 RAF Pageant

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/64/6

Footage of the 1935 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes an in-flight refuelling demonstration by a Westland Wallace and a Hawker Hart and formation aerobatics by Bristol Bulldog aircraft.

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RAF Pageant, 1931

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/36/1

Various RAF aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground at the 1931 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon. Demonstrations include parachuting, bombing, formation flypasts and aerobatics.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3325

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

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Recording of an interview with Group Captain H.V. Drew, 29 January 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/8

Interview with Group Captain H.V. Drew, who served in Royal Naval Air Service airships during the First World War. After the war he flew with 24 and 100 Squadrons.

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Recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, part two, 8 September 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/49

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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R.A.F. Pageant June 1934

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/64/2

Footage of the 1934 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes displays of parachuting from Vickers Virginia bomber aircraft, formation aerobatics and flypasts and the destruction of a large balloon.

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Royal Air Force Display Hendon, 25 June 1932

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/66/8

Footage of the 1932 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes formation aerobatics, a display by Gugnunc, autogyro and Pterodactyl experimental aircraft and the destruction of a large observation balloon.

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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander M.M. Kaye, 30 May 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/23

Interview with Wing Commander M.M. Kaye, who trained as a pilot at Hendon and flew F.E.2bs with 18 Squadron Royal Flying Corps before being shot down and taken prisoner.

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