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Recorded interview with Wing Commander David Castle, 15 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4771

Interview with David Castle, who served as a navigator in Vulcan aircraft during the 1982 Falklands War, including Operation Black Buck, and in Buccaneer aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tony Smith, 6 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7354

Interview with Tony Smith, who served as an RAF navigator in Canberra, Valiant and Victor bomber aircraft. He describes his experience of operating each aircraft type during the Cold War.

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5-Star, Red, flare container

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-3602

Rectangular metal container with screw-off lid, painted red and dated June 1958. This was produced by James Pain and Sons in Mitcham. The maker's label is attached which provides instructions.

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King's Cup Race, 1938

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X002-7388

In 1938 Alex Henshaw, flying a Percival Mew Gull aircraft, won the King’s Cup Air Race. This commemorative tobacco box marks his participation.

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Ammunition system in Boulton Paul, Type E, Handley Page Halifax tail turret

Library, In Storage, X001-4531

This Air Diagram demonstrates the location, feeding and ducting of the ammunition system for a Boulton Paul, Type E, turret in a Handley Page Halifax tail fuselage.

Diagram showing the tail turret and tail section of a Halifax. The ammunution system is shown with the feeds given in blue, red, yellow and green, RAF Museum

Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society Medal of Squadron Leader Wilfred Edward Jones

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X005-1293

Reverse of medal is inscribed 'presented by the Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society to Wilfred E. Jones, Oldershaw School, Wallasey for proficiency in swimming exercises with the object of saving life 23/7/30'

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Distinguished Flying Medal of Leading Aircraftman James Arthur Skingsley

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X002-6506

Leading Aircraftman James Skingsley was acting as a stand-in crew member aboard the Vickers Wellington piloted by Squadron Leader James Booth on 18 January 1943. Attacked by a night fighter, Skinglsey ignored an order to evacuate and helped Booth save the crew and the aircraft.

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Studio portrait of Squadron Leader Wilfred Edward Jones

Archives, In Storage, X003-7935/002

Wilfred Edward Jones joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1931. Jones served until 1961 when he died whilst serving as a Squadron Leader in the Assistant Chief of Air Staff's Intelligence staff. Jones was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette in 1945

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Medal Bar of Squadron Leader Wilfred Edward Jones

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-4479

Wilfred Edward Jones joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1931. Jones served until 1961 when he died whilst serving as a Squadron Leader in the Assistant Chief of Air Staff's Intelligence staff. Jones was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette in 1945

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British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-5992

The British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) was an advanced technology demonstrator. Originally a tri-national undertaking, British Aerospace, with help from Italian and German suppliers, completed the project independently after the German and Italian Governments withdrew.

Cranked delta wing jet aircraft, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

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