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Boeing Chinook nose section

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1964-2006, In Storage, In Storage, X004-1310

This Chinook has been modified to represent Bravo November, the only Chinook to survive the Falklands Conflict. After a 40 year career, Bravo November left RAF service in 2022 and is on display at the RAF Musuem, Midlands. During its four decade long career four of its pilots were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Front section of khaki coloured helicopter, © RAF Museum

Westland Gazelle HT.3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1973-1996, In Storage, X003-2247

Built 1973 by Westland Helicopters Ltd of Weston-Super Mare in Somerset as a Gazelle HT Mk3, this aircraft is one of 32 Gazelles delivered to the Royal Air Force. Others served with the Army Air Corps and Fleet Air Arm.

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Westland Sea King HAR3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1977-2015, London, Hangar One, X008-4712

Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, the Westland Sea King was adapted for RAF search and rescue duties as the Sea King HAR3.

Bright yellow metal helicopter with five rotors, © RAF Museum

Lifejacket of a Winchman

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2008, London, Hangar Six, X008-4721

The flying clothing worn by RAF winchmen equipped them for rescue operations over the sea and in the mountains, where they frequently had to be lowered by cable from a hovering helicopter.

Mannequin dressed in one-piece orange overall, green life vest, yellow helmet and ankle boots, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Bell HU-1B Iroquois, US Army, 60-3589, in flight, rear view of, with experimental rocket installation fitted, n.d.

Photographs, In Storage, PC75/2/6016

A Bell HU-1B Iroquois, US Army, 60-3589, in flight, viewed from rear, with experimental rocket installation fitted.

US Army Bell HU-1B (60-3589), starboard rear view, in flight, low over ground, building in background, RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Graham Peter Andrews, 15 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6798

Recorded interview with Graham Andrews, who served as air quartermaster in Britannia aircraft and as a crewman in Wessex and Whirlwind helicopters on army support and search and rescue operations.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Martin Mayer, 17 August 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3309

Martin Mayer describes his experience as a pilot in Whirlwind, Puma, Wessex and Chinook helicopters, as an instructor and as a test pilot in various aircraft types at Boscombe Down.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Jonathan Kenneth Lister Williams, 2 November 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3319

Jonathan Williams served in the Supply Branch during the 1980s and 1990s. During this time he served in Germany, and with the Tactical Supply Wing in Northern Ireland and Bosnia.

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Bell HU-1 Iroquois, USAF, lowering a dog to the ground, Vietnam

Photographs, In Storage, PC75/2/6031

Bell UH-1 Iroquois, in flight. This particular UH-1 is USAF and is lowering a dog to the ground, Vietnam, n.d.

helicopter hovering above jungle, with a dog being lowered to the ground by rope, RAF Museum

WRAF Technician Servicing a Helicopter at Shawbury by Boyd & Evans, crayon on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00495

Fionnuala Boyd and Les Evans work inter-dependently as an artistic partnership, at times drawing on the same leaves of paper to realise a shared vision. Photography is central to their practice. In the studio, when away from the subject, they based their drawings on photographs, and today photography is their main medium.

WRAF Technician Servicing A helicopter at Shawbury by Leslie Evans and Fionnuala Boyd, pencil crayon on paper, Boyd & Evans / RAF Museum