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Recorded interview with Wing Commander David Bolsover, 2 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4766

Interview with David Bolsover, who served as a pilot in Puma helicopters in the UK and Germany before converting to Buccaneer and Tornado aircraft. He also commanded the Red Arrows.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain William Pixton, 23 January 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4762

William Pixton served as a Jaguar pilot during the Cold War and 1991 Gulf War. He also completed an exchange tour, flying A-10 aircraft with the United States Air Force.

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Recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, part two, 8 September 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/49

Interview with Mr V E Williams, who served in armoured cars in Aden, Iraq, Palestine and the Western Desert in the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant George Bainbridge Sledmere, 18 September 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3390

Recorded interview with George Sledmere, who served as a gunner in Bomber Command during the Second World War. He describes various aspects of bombing operations against Germany and occupied Europe.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Alice McDermott, 5 February 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4768

Alice McDermott served as an RAF pilot in Tornado and Hercules aircraft, including Iraq and Afghanistan, before becoming a reservist chaplain. She describes her work relating to religion and welfare.

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Bundle of Window

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-0889

Window was the codename for strips of aluminium foil, now more commonly referred to as Chaff, which produced a deceptive echo, similar to that of an aircraft, on enemy radar screens.

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Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg, charcoal on paper.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1747

In April 1942, for his Official War Artist commission, David Bomberg spent a fortnight 90 feet underground in the vast bomb store of RAF Fauld, Burton-on-Trent, where he saw bombs being loaded on to racks, ready for use.

Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg. Charcoal on paper., Crown copyright (expired).

Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Keith Hawkins, 19 February 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4773

Interview with Keith Hawkins, who served as an RAF Regiment gunner during the 1970s, including deployment to Belize with Bofors anti-aircraft guns in support of air operations in the country.

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Recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, part one, 20 May 1971

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/48

Poor quality recording of an interview with Mr V E Williams, who served in armoured cars in Aden, Iraq, Palestine and the Western Desert in the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Roderick Trevaskus, 20 March and 30 May 2018

Film & Sound, X008-4781

Rod Trevaskus was an Air Electronics Officer in Vulcan aircraft during the Falklands War and as a ground liaison officer attached to 7th Armoured Brigade during the 1991 Gulf War.

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