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Recorded interview with Corporal Paul Cornhill, 6 August 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7418

Paul Cornhill trained as an apprentice avionics technician at RAF Cosford. He then worked on Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft at RAF St Mawgan and Tornado GR1 aircraft at RAF Marham.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Gordon Parry, 13 March 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7417

Gordon Parry was a pilot in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft and VC10 transport and tanker aircraft. He worked on developing and introducing Voyager transport and tanker aircraft to RAF service.

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Nimrod reminiscence session, 9 May 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7422

Peter Crispin, Chris Hooper, John Platt, Hector Hillman and Michael Day discuss their experience of Shackleton and Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, onboard Nimrod XV249 at the RAF Museum’s Midlands site.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman John William Mitchell, 13 October 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/015

Recorded interview with John Mitchell, who completed RAF national service as an airframe rigger. He was posted to 216 Squadron at Fayid in Egypt, where he worked on Valetta aircraft.

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Flight Lieutenant Bulloch - Encounter between Liberator bomber, German submarines and three Condors

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1831

Recording in which the pilot of a Coastal Command Liberator describes engagements with Focke-Wulf Condors and a U-Boat during convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.

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Pilot Officer E W Tate - bombing of an escort vessel by a Lockheed Hudson

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1829

Recording in which an RAF pilot tells the story of a Hudson’s attack on a small German warship.

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Flying Officer Cundy - Adventures of a Liberator

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1851

Flying Officer Cundy describes an 11 hour patrol in a Liberator, during which he engaged two Heinkel floatplanes and attacked a surface ship in company with a surfaced U-Boat.

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Bombing enemy convoy off Norway - Pilot Officer Leboulder and Flying Officer Passmore; interviewed by John Byrd

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1847

Pilot Officer Leboulder and Flying Officer Passmore describe an attack on a German convoy off the coast of Norway, during which their aeroplane was hit and damaged.

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Attack on enemy shipping - Sergeants Mosley and Garcia

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1846

Sergeants Mosley and Garcia, the pilot and gunner of a Hudson, describe a low-level attack on shipping off the coast of Norway, including aircraft damage and crew injuries.

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Bombing of a U-Boat by the Captain of a Coastal Command aircraft (Squadron Leader Gibson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1791

Squadron Leader Gibson describes the sinking of a U-Boat and a 17 year old girl gives an account of one of the first air raids on the United Kingdom.

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