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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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Recorded interview with Corporal Frank Frederick Few, 23 April 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3336

Recorded interview with Fred Few, who served as an electrical technician with the RAF Airfield Construction Branch during the Second World War, serving in the UK, Faroe Islands and Iceland.

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Recorded interview with Gordon Leith, 13 December 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5698

Gordon Leith worked at the RAF Museum from 1984 until 2021. He describes various aspects of his work, including changes in the museum and his time as the museum’s librarian.

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Air Commodore W.H. Primrose - The RAF in Iceland

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1852

Recording in which Air Commodore Primrose gives a brief account of RAF operations from Iceland during the Second World War, including bases, interservice and international cooperation and the weather.

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Pilot Officer Potier - a dangerous landing

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1863

Recording in which Pilot Officer Potier describes a difficult landing on rough seas following a convoy escort sortie in a Catalina flying boat.

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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander James Storrar, 12 May 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/45

Interview with Wing Commander James 'Jas' Storrer, who flew during the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. He served in various other roles including commander of 239 Wing in Italy.

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Rescue by a Sunderland aircraft - Flight Lieutenant R.B. Burrage

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1832

Recording in which an Australian Sunderland pilot describes the rescue of a Whitley’s crew after ditching in the Atlantic.

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Stranraer take off

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC76/42

Film taken at Abbotsford Airport, British Columbia, showing a test flight of a Supermarine Stranraer flying boat following maintenance. The Stranraer is seen on the ground and in the air.

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