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Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928

Photographs, In Storage, P008877

Supermarine Southampton Mk I (N9899) of No. 480 (CR) Flight was badly damaged during a gale at RAF Calshot on 23 November 1928

Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928 | P008877, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum

Short Sunderland MR.5 (NS-D) of 201 Squadron delivering supplies during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949

Photographs, In Storage, P031129

The Berlin Airlift was the first major confrontation between the East and the West during the Cold War. It was known as Operation 'Plainfare' by the British and Operation 'Vittles' by the Americans.

A Sunderland flying boat on a lake in Berlin, © Crown

Far East Flying Boat Wing Sunderland footage, 1947 to 1958

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5631

Short Sunderland flying boats are seen in the air, on shore and on the water while operating as part of the RAF’s Far East Flying Boat Wing during the 1950s.

Image pending

Squadron Leader Birch - Sunderland pilot

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1968

Recording in which Squadron Leader Birch, an Australian Sunderland pilot, describes an engagement between his aeroplane and two Junkers 88s over the Atlantic.

Image pending

Flight Lieutenant Bocock (Calling Australia) - Rescue of a Sunderland crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1890

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Bocock recalls how his Sunderland flying boat was forced to land in rough seas due to lack of fuel.

Image pending

Squadron Leader J.J. Thompson - Capture of a U-Boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6397

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson of 269 Squadron explains how he and his Hudson crew captured a German U-Boat (U-570) in the Atlantic on 27 August 1941.

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Pilot Officer Briggs - Catalina pilot reporting on the sighting of the Bismarck

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6370

Recording in which Pilot Officer Briggs explains how he and the crew of his Catalina located the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic.

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Pilot Officers Milson & Careless - eleven and a half hours in a dinghy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1896

Recording in which the pilot and rear gunner of a bomber describe a raid on Berlin and their subsequent ditching in the North Sea.

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Sunderland's duel with U-boat - Flying Officer A. Bishop DFC; RCAF

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1973

Recorded account by Flying Officer Bishop of his Sunderland’s attack on a U-Boat, during which the U-Boat was crippled and the Sunderland shot down.

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Recorded interview with Barry Weston, 5 February 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3328

Recorded interview with Barry Weston, who served as a pilot in Hastings transport aircraft operating from the UK and Sunderland flying boats in the Far East, including Malaya and Korea.

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