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The Deep Blue Sky

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5625

Film on the development of RAF jet aircraft in the 1940s and 1950s, featuring various scenes of Hunter and Javelin fighter aircraft and Canberra, Valiant, Victor and Vulcan bomber aircraft.

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I served in the R.A.F. from 1927 to 1946

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5623

Amateur footage shot by Squadron Leader Sydney Nunn shows several small vessels of the RAF Marine Branch, RAF aircraft low over the sea and the officers’ mess of 916 Squadron.

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A Special Air Crews’ Centre

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4774

Film illustrating aspects of the work of a rehabilitation centre during the Second World War. Injured personnel are seen engaging in exercise and various sports at a large country house.

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The Principle of the Low-Level Bomb Sight Mk. III

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5615

Training film which explains the principle of the low-level bomb sight Mk.III, intended for use in aiming bombs from a low-flying bomber aircraft. The film makes use of animated illustrations.

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Pilot Officer Brown - A year of lease and lend

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1867

Recording in which Pilot Officer Brown, an American serving in an RAF Eagle Squadron, discusses British pilots training in the United States under the Lend-Lease Act.

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Interview with pilot on Army Co-operation work in France (Wing Commander Charles)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1794

Recording in which Wing Commander Charles outlines the range of tasks undertaken by the RAF’s Army Co-operation squadrons.

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Papers of Group Captain George William Pixton, 1970s-1990s

Archives, In Storage, X008-7761

Large collection of papers and photographs relating to the RAF career of Group Captain George William Pixton. Most notably Group Captain Pixton led the RAF's Jaguar detachment during the Gulf War, 1991, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

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Recorded interview with Frank Roe, 24 July 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6753

Recorded interview with Frank Roe, who worked as an engineer for the English Electric company and British Aircraft Corporation on the development of Canberra, Lightning, TSR2, Jaguar and Tornado aircraft.

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St. John Ambulance Brigade at Work in a London Underground Station by Doris Zinkeisen, watercolour and gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01160

This work represents one of the many first-aid posts established in London Underground shelters during the Second World War. It shows Civil Defence workers’ combined duties of medical and Air Raid Precautions support.

Doris Zinkeisen watercolour of an underground shelter scene of a first aid post with St John Ambulance nurses, Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum / RAF Museum

Raider on the Moor by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00292

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Raiders’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in 1940

Raider on the Moor by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum