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Fun Helped Them Fight (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05373

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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Pilot Officer Patterson - Talk by Bomber pilot following attack on Brest

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6362

Recording in which Pilot Officer Patterson gives an account of a night raid on the harbour at Brest.

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Daylight raid on Eindhoven - Wing Commander Young

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1895

Wing Commander Young gives an account of a raid on Eindhoven, describes anti-aircraft fire during the attack itself and stresses the importance of navigation.

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Flight Lieutenant Kitchen - Raid on Kiel

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6358

Flight Lieutenant Kitchen, a bomber pilot, describes a raid on Kiel, during which oil pressure on one engine was lost and his aeroplane was damaged by anti-aircraft fire.

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Recorded interview with Flying Officer Joseph Sudell, 30 January 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4822

Joseph Sudell served as a navigator in Lancaster bomber aircraft at the end of the Second World War. He participated in air attacks on Dresden and Operations Manna and Exodus.

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RAF experiences - Ploesti raid: Squadron Leader Barwell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1980

Recording in which Squadron Leader Barwell gives a first-hand account of a raid on the Ploesti oil production facilities.

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Two Czech pilots on Berlin raid

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6391

Two Czech pilots each describe an attack on Berlin through heavy anti-aircraft fire. They describe the sight of the city on fire and express satisfaction with the damage done.

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Bomb aiming by Flight Lieutenant Mackintosh

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1969

Incomplete recording in which Flight Lieutenant Mackintosh describes an approach to a target under anti-aircraft fire, with the bomb-aimer giving instructions to the pilot to the point of bomb release.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Seb Davey, 20 May 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5669

Seb Davey served as an RAF pilot in C130J and A400M transport aircraft, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and flew the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Dakota and Lancaster.

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Charles Gardner and 'Cobber' Kain

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1790

Recorded interview in which Cobber Kain gives an account of an engagement between Hurricanes of 73 Squadron and several Messerschmitt 109s.

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