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Fighter Sweep - Wing Commander Gleed

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1891

Wing Commander Gleed describes a sweep by several squadrons of Spitfires over France, from take off to an engagement during which a German fighter is shot down.

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Flight Lieutenant Miles - Bomber that hit the sea

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6382

Flight Lieutenant Miles describes an attack by Blenheims on a German merchant ship off the French coast. During the raid his aeroplane hit the sea, returning home despite damage.

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Flying Officer Annandale - Attack on Rotterdam

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6395

Recording in which Flying Officer Annandale describes a low-level raid on the docks in Rotterdam.

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Recorded interview with Joyce Cesarani, 27 March 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6741

Recorded interview with Joyce Cesarani, who served as a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force driver and Educational and Vocational Training instructor at RAF Portreath during and after the Second World War.

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Squadron Leader Pugh DFC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1858

Squadron Leader Pugh, a Whirlwind pilot, describes the flight to France, escorted by Spitfires, and his attack on a German airfield, where he destroyed several Junkers 88s.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Robinson, 11 January 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7394

John Robinson was a pilot in Canberra aircraft in support of British nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific. As a flying instructor he flew with the then-Prince of Wales.

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Pilot's flying log book of Air Vice Marshal Henry Algernon Vickers Hogan, 1937-1943

Archives, In Storage, AC94/2/4

Henry Hogan was a member of the Long Range Development Units, that in December 1938 broke the world non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia, Egypt to Darwin, Australia. The aircraft that Hogan was piloting did not make Darwin, it landed in West Timor being short of fuel.

Pilot's flying log book, Crown