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Recorded interview with Group Captain Tim Willbond, 22 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9943

Tim Willbond served as an RAF fighter controller in the UK and overseas in the Middle East, Far East, and the Falkland Islands. He was station commander at RAF Boulmer.

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Combat report of No. 238 Squadron for 17 July 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/092/004

Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.

typescript report, Crown

Bristol Britannia 301 (G-ANCA) in flight, 1957

Photographs, In Storage, P100101

The Bristol Britannia 301 G-ANCA first flew on 31 July 1956. It was the prototype for the 300 which could accommodate 139 passengers in a stretched fuselage.

A four-engined airliner in flight, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Bristol Britannia 301 (G-ANCA) in flight, 1957

Photographs, In Storage, P100100

The Bristol Britannia 301 G-ANCA first flew on 31 July 1956. It was the prototype for the 300 which could accommodate 139 passengers in a stretched fuselage.

A four-engined airliner in flight, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

The Wright brothers flying at Kitty Hawk, 1903

Photographs, In Storage, X001-2690

On 17 December 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made a number of flights at Kill Devil Hills, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Few people noticed the event but they were the first men to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine, eventually achieving a flight of 852 feet in 59 seconds.

A man running beside a biplane, RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Wing Officer Jessie Mary Higgins

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-7378

Medal Bar of Wing Officer Jessie Mary Higgins, Princess Mary Royal Air Force Nursing Service.

Medal bar of seven, including the Royal Red Cross (1st class),, Royal Air Force Museum

Medal Bar of Squadron Leader John Raymond Edward Fullerton

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1990/0127/D

Medal Bar of Squadron Leader John Raymond Edward Fullerton including both the Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Flying Medal.

medal bar including a DFC, DFM, four campaign stars and War Medal, 1939-45, with MiD oak leaf, Royal Air Force Museum

Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 4

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/004

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows curling and deep snow around buildings. Several CF-100 Canuck fighter aircraft and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft are seen on the ground.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/002

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF, US Air Force and Canadian aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Vulcan, Victor and Valiant bomber aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Niamh Underhill, 20 May 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9941/003

Niamh Underhill served with the RAF Police and remembers her participation in the 2023 evacuation of people from Sudan by RAF Atlas and C17 transport aircraft during Operation Polar Bear.

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