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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977
Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32
Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.
Papers of Flying Officer Eric Norman Woods, 1940-1947
Archives, In Storage, X008-9267
Collection is comprised of an air gunner's flying log book, copy of the London Gazette 5 January 1945 and six monochrome prints. Flying Officer Woods trained as an air gunner and served with No. 576 Squadron from August 1944 to January 1945 completing his tour of 30 Operations.
Avro Lancaster III in flight, circa 1943
Photographs, In Storage, P100026
The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.
Avro Lancaster III (G-AHJV) of British South American Airways in flight, circa 1948
Photographs, In Storage, P100035
The Avro Lancaster III was fitted with American-built Packard Merlin engines instead of the Rolls-Royce Merlin. Lancaster III G-AHJV was one of a number converted for use as transport aircraft.
A yank in the RCAF
Archives, In Storage, B2445
This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.
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- Vickers Wellington (Mark unknown) [2]
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- 4000lb, HC (Mark unknown) [1]
- Airspeed Oxford (Mark unknown) [1]