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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Eleanor Lodge, 23 October 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9932

Eleanor Lodge served as an RAF Chinook pilot and describes her experience of deployments to Afghanistan, including an account of casualty evacuation flights with the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT).

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Becky Woolley, 29 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5677

Interview with Becky Woolley, who served as an RAF doctor in various locations, including the Middle East, the Caribbean, Indonesia and Mali. She comments on her experience of Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Katie Vickers, 1 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/005

Katie Vickers served with 1 Air Mobility Wing, UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron and Joint Helicopter Support Squadron in Chinook helicopter operations in the UK, Mali and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Alec Cecil, 1 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/006

Alec Cecil served with 1 Air Mobility Wing, Joint Helicopter Support Unit and later Squadron in the UK, the Falkland Islands, at sea with the Royal Navy and in Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Stefan Bodle, 2 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/007

Stefan Bodle served with the British Army and the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron including operations around Whaley Bridge Dam in 2019, deployment to Mali and experience of the Covid pandemic.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Matt Roberts, 4 August 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/010

Interview with Matt Roberts, who served as a Chinook pilot and commanded 18 Squadron. He describes his experience of operations in Afghanistan and in support of French forces in Mali.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Sam Bennett, 13 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/016

Interview with Sam Bennett, who served as a pilot in Chinook helicopters. He describes Chinook operations in Mali in detail and emphasises the importance of the Chinook for recent operations.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Chris Bradshaw, 13 August 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9930

Chris Bradshaw describes his experience of RAF Sea King search and rescue helicopter operations in the UK and of the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT), using Chinook helicopters in Afghanistan.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Heather Anderson, 28 October 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9917

Heather Anderson served as an RAF nurse with the Incident Response Team (IRT) and Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Iraq and Afghanistan. She discusses various aspects of her experience.

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Recorded interview with Terry McDermott, 15 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/001

Interview with Terry McDermott, who was Chief Fire Officer, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, at the time of operations involving an RAF Chinook helicopter around Whaley Bridge Dam in 2019.

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