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Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, 28 September 1937-18 June 1943

Archives, 28 SEP 1937-18 JUN 1943, In Storage, X003-7892/001/001

Bird-Wilson joined the RAF in 1937, after completing his flying training he was posted to No.17 Squadron. In September 1938, Brid Wilson was involved in a crash and suffered severe facial injuries, undergoing pioneering plastic surgery.

Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather. See documentation tab for digital copy, Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather. See documentation tab for digital copy

Aerial combat: Camera gun films: Reel four

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC75/7/4

RAF gun camera film taken from Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Several German fighter and bomber aircraft are seen during aerial combat. Titles provide detail.

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Aircraft Recognition Chart: Messerschmitt Me 110

Library, X004-7814

Ministry of Aircraft Production aircraft recognition chart of a Messerschmitt Me 110. Issue 1, Reprint February 1943.

Recognition chart showing images from different perspectives of a Messerschmitt Me 110, Crown ©

List of aerial combat successes of Flying Officer George Charles Boyce Peters, August-September 1940

Archives, In Storage, DC76/19

During the Battle of Britain, Flying Officer George Peters flew with No. 79 Squadron. His ‘successes in aerial combat against the enemy in 1940’ are listed in this document.

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Pilot Officer Dunn, 14 July 1940

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1796

Recording in which Pilot Officer Dunn gives an account of daylight Spitfire sorties over northern France and an early night fighter sortie during which he destroyed two German bombers.

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