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Brief interviews with Stirling air and ground crews, 24 May 1943

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1942

Recording in which radio presenters meet air and ground crews of a Stirling squadron before and after a raid, asking briefly about aspects of their work.

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Flight Lieutenant Bulloch - Encounter between Liberator bomber, German submarines and three Condors

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1831

Recording in which the pilot of a Coastal Command Liberator describes engagements with Focke-Wulf Condors and a U-Boat during convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.

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Raid on Emden - 31/1/42

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1860

Recording in which the rear gunner of a Handley Page Hampden describes a raid on Emden and the low temperatures experienced during night bombing operations.

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Flight Lieutenant MacNaughton - Ruhr attack

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1869

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant MacNaughton describes an attack on a target in the Ruhr Valley and comments on the importance of strategic bombing within the context of Allied strategy.

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Our Squadron - Wing Commander S.O. Tudor

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1835

Recording in which Wing Commander Tudor discusses the ethos, strengths and operations of 106 Squadron, then operating Handley Page Hampdens.

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Cologne Raid - Flying Officer Friend

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1879

Flying Officer Friend, a Lancaster bomb-aimer, gives an account of a raid on Cologne, describing the flight across Holland and the sight of the burning city from the air.

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Wing Commander Freeman - Attack on Turin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6398

Wing Commander Freeman describes the flight across France, the crossing of the Alps and the attack on a target in Turin. The use of astro-navigation during the flight is mentioned.

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Pilot Officer Rivazi - Flight to Magdeburg

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6380

Pilot Officer Rivazi, a tail gunner, describes a night raid on Magdeburg during which little anti-aircraft fire and no fighters were encountered and Munster was seen burning from some distance.

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Bombing raid on Denhelder - Squadron Leader Edwards

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6360

Recording in which Squadron Leader Edwards gives an account of a low-level raid on a German U-Boat base.

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Squadron Leader Bulloch - Liberator attacks U-Boats

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1940

Squadron Leader Bulloch describes a 17-hour Atlantic convoy escort patrol in a Liberator, during which he and his crew sighted eight U-boats, attacked seven and confirmed one to be sunk.

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