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Far East Flying Boat Wing Sunderland footage, 1947 to 1958

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5631

Short Sunderland flying boats are seen in the air, on shore and on the water while operating as part of the RAF’s Far East Flying Boat Wing during the 1950s.

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RAF Museum Short Sunderland flying boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/68

Film in which RAF personnel, assisted by a crane, complete the assembly of a Short Sunderland flying boat and tow it to a new position at the RAF Museum, Hendon.

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Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928

Photographs, In Storage, P008877

Supermarine Southampton Mk I (N9899) of No. 480 (CR) Flight was badly damaged during a gale at RAF Calshot on 23 November 1928

Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928 | P008877, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum

Recognition film - Sunderland V

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/138

Aircraft recognition training film in which live footage and animated diagrams showing RAF Short Sunderland flying boats in flight are used to highlight the key recognition features of the aircraft.

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Southampton flying boats - Far East Flight, 1928

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3285

Supermarine Southampton flying boats appear in air-to-air footage during a flight to Australia and on water during stops in the journey. Views of Australian people and landscape are also featured.

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Amateur footage relating to RAF operations in Singapore, circa 1957

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6768

Amateur film taken in and around Singapore shows everyday life scenes, Meteor and Pembroke aircraft on the ground and Sunderland flying boats on the water, on shore and in flight.

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Short Sunderland Mk. I, burning, Malta, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P002784

Short Sunderland Mk I, front view on water, burning, with broken starboard wing.

A badly damaged Sunderland aircraft, viewed from the front, smoke rising from starboard wing, listing to port, RAF Museum

Interviews with crew of Sunderland

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6444

Recording in which the Australian crew of a Short Sunderland give an account of an engagement with a Focke-Wulf 200.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Oliver Lancaster, 30 July 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6786

Recorded interview with John Oliver "Jo" Lancaster, who served as a pilot in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft and was the first to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.

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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander Charles Gardner, June 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/16

Interview with Wing Commander Charles Gardner, who served in the Far East flying Catalinas with 240 Squadron. He describes operations against the Japanese fleet and attacks by Japanese aircraft.

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