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First of the few - Supermarine Swift

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3310/001

Supermarine Swift fighter aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground. A number of RAF personnel and civilians greet each other next to a line of parked Swifts.

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Nieuport 17 (A6684) of 29 Squadron, starboard front view on ground, circa 1917

Photographs, In Storage, P019392

Various type of Nieuport Scout were acquired by the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps, some of which transferred to the Royal Air Force.

A light-coloured biplane on the gound, RAF Museum

Operations Room sequence

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3375

Film showing a post-war reconstruction of a Battle of Britain fighter operations room, in which plotters and controllers follow the events of 15 September 1940. Archive footage illustrates aerial combat.

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Compilation of Second World War German aircraft footage, 1930s-1940s, reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8110/001

Film consisting of several short clips showing a number of Second World War German fighter, bomber and transport aircraft, flying boats and gliders in the air and on the ground.

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Sergeant Kingaby - four Messerschmitts in a day

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6428

Account by Donald Kingaby of the events of 15 November 1940. On this day, while serving with 92 Squadron, Kingaby was credited with the destruction of four Messerschmitt 109s.

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Spitfire - RAF Coltishall

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC90/55

Film in which Hurricane and Spitfire fighter aircraft are seen over RAF Coltishall. A Spitfire is then seen on the ground and the pilot, Jeffrey Quill, talks to RAF officers.

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Curtiss Mohawk Mk. IV (AR645), front port side view in flight, circa 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P019168

The Curtiss 75 Mohawk used by the RAF was the export version of the P-36 originally intended for France. Most were sent to India or supplied to other countries.

Side view of a camouflaged aeroplane in flight, RAF Museum

Hawker Hurricane I L1548, No. 111 Squadron, in line-up with other aircraft about to take off for Paris, RAF Northolt, 1938

Photographs, In Storage, PC73/4/458

No. 111 Squadron, based at RAF North Weald, was used to try experimental squadron markings in 1938. Each flight was allocated a colour which was incorporated into the unit markings.

Camouflaged aircraft in a row, RAF Museum

Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin (D3766), port side view on ground, n.d.

Photographs, In Storage, P020954

The Sopwith 5F1 Dolphin entered service with the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front in 1918, just before the formation of the Royal Air Force.

A dark-coloured single-seat biplane, RAF Museum

Royal Air Force Display, Hendon, 13 July 1929

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3276

Footage of the 1929 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes aerobatics, formation flying, ‘crazy flying’, parachuting, mock aerial combat, attacks on ground targets and the destruction of a balloon.

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