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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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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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Study for 'Take Off': Interior of a Stirling Bomber with Four Crew Members by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01178

This loose compositional drawing represents a Bomber Command crew in a Stirling cockpit. It is one of many preparatory studies, drawn on large sheets of paper, which Dame Laura Knight made for the painting ‘Take Off’ (1943, Imperial War Museums).

Study for 'Take Off': Interior of a Stirling Bomber with Four Crew Members by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal on paper, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Pilot's flying log book of Wg Cdr Harold Brownlow Morgan (Mickey) Martin KCB, DSO, DFC, AFC, 15 August 1943-22 September 1961

Archives, In Storage, AC89/4/2

This is the logbook of Wg Cdr Harold Brownlow “Micky” Martin of No. 515 Squadron. On the night of 5/6 June 1944, he flew a bombing mission in preparation of D-Day

Pilot's flying log book of Wg Cdr Harold Brownlow Morgan (Mickey) Martin KCB, DSO, DFC, AFC, 15 August 1943-22 September 1961 | AC89/4/2

Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

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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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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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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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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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