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Recorded interview with Rachel Swann, 21 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/003

Rachel Swann served as Deputy Chief Constable for Derbyshire Constabulary at the time of operations around Whaley Bridge Dam in 2019, which included the use of an RAF Chinook helicopter.

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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Baz Donnelly, 14 July 2021 {cg}

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/018

Interview with Baz Donnelly, who served as a crewman in RAF Chinook helicopters. His experience includes operations in Afghanistan, including casualty evacuation, and in support of French forces in Mali.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Peter Booth, 13 August 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9914

Pete Booth gives an account of his service as a crewman in Merlin helicopters in Iraq and Chinook helicopters in Afghanistan, including detail on his experience of casualty evacuation operations.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Plenty, 6 August 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/011

Interview with John Plenty, who served as a Chinook pilot, flight commander and squadron second-in-command of 27 Squadron. He remembers operations around Whaley Bridge Dam and during the Covid pandemic.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Charlie Thompson, 19 October 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5687

Interview with Charlie Thompson, who served as an RAF nurse, including work with the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Afghanistan and at Headley Court rehabilitation centre in the UK.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Matt Haslam, 20 June 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9922

Matt Haslam describes his experience as an RAF nurse with the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Afghanistan. He explains the MERT’s role in casualty evacuation flights, using Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Shiv Chand, 20 May 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9907

Shiv Chand served in the RAF supply branch, providing logistics support for Chinook helicopter operations. He describes his experiences of working with fuel and fuel facilities, and deployment to Bosnia.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Graham Turner, 14 October 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9931

Graham Turner remembers his experience of RAF service, including deployments to Afghanistan as a paramedic with the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT). He describes casualty evacuation flights in Chinook helicopters.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Rachael Collier, 11 December 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9898

Rachael Collier served as crew in Chinook helicopters in the UK, Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and the Balkans, and later in Sea King search and rescue helicopters in the UK.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Roger Taylor 6 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3373

Recorded interview with Roger Taylor, who was an electrical technician specialising in radar from 1963 to 2001. He worked in various parts of the UK, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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