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Recorded interview with Group Captain David Jones, 26 April 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7380

David Jones was an RAF pilot in Lightning and Jaguar aircraft in the UK and Germany. He flew Phantom and F16 aircraft during a United States Air Force exchange tour.

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Recorded interview with Robin Crossan, 18 June 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9948

Robin Crossan worked for the British Aircraft Corporation and then British Aerospace in a number of roles, including involvement with Jaguar and Tornado aircraft and the European Fighter Aircraft project.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Jimmy James, 13 July 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7384

Interview with Jimmy James, who flew Kittyhawk aircraft with 450 Squadron in Italy during the Second World War. He was shot down and made prisoner of war by German forces.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Brian Henley, 27 July 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9952

Brian Henley served as a navigator in Phantom aircraft in the UK and Germany during the 1970s. He then flew Tornado GR1 aircraft as an instructor and with 617 Squadron.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Peter Michael Goodwin, 17 September 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6788

Peter Goodwin was a pilot in Venom and Javelin aircraft in the UK, Malta, Aden and Germany. As a civilian, he was a hostage in Iraq in 1990 and 1991.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Derek Charles Tilford 27 June 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3367

Recorded interview with Derek Tilford, who served as a navigator in Javelin fighters and Victor tanker aircraft, and was involved in planning Operation Black Buck during the 1982 Falklands War.

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De Havilland Vampires FB.5 (WA294 V9-C and others) of 502 Squadron, front starboard view in line on ground, Odiham, 1953

Photographs, In Storage, P019072

The De Havilland DH.100 Vampire was designed to specification E.6/41 and originally named Spidercrab. The prototype first flew in 1943 and the Vampire F.1 entered RAF service in 1946.

a light-coloured jet on the ground, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

RAF Coastal Command attack beached destroyer - Kent Stevenson interviewing Wing Commander K. Gatwood; Flying Officer P. Dwornik and Wing Commander D. Lumsden

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1951

Recording in which Beaufighter crewmen describe an attack on a beached destroyer and a Lancaster pilot describes a forced landing on an advanced airfield in France.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Bill Hassey, 8 November 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7410

Interview with Bill Hassey, who served as an RAF armourer in the UK and with 26 Squadron in Germany, operating Tempest and Vampire ground attack aircraft during the late 1940s.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tom Ball, 7 February 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7397

Interview with Tom Ball, who served as a Tornado GR4 pilot with 13 Squadron. He describes his experience of Tornado operations over Iraq, including reconnaissance, air-to-air refuelling and night flying.

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