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Recorded interview with Group Captain Lewis Cunningham, 23 April 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9921

Lewis Cunningham served as a pilot in Harrier and Typhoon aircraft, including operations in Afghanistan. He later had responsibility for the Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

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Original wartime material from the RAF career of Sqdn Ldr John Lyall Sayers 1943-1971

Archives, 1944-1945, In Storage, X005-5907/001/001

These items are the original wartime material that forms part of the collection of Squadron Leader John Lyall Sayers. The material of the overall collection spans from 1943 to 1971.

Photograph with message, Crown ©

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942

Photographs, In Storage, P100023

The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942 | P100023, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancaster I of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942

Photographs, In Storage, P100025

The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.

Avro Lancaster I of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942 | P100025, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942

Photographs, In Storage, P100024

The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942 | P100024, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

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Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/4

Film in which the crash of an Avro Lancaster bomber aircraft is thought to have resulted from unauthorised low flying, until a more thorough examination of the evidence proves otherwise.

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Vulcans and Lancaster at RAF Waddington c.1969

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/200

Film in which Lancaster and Vulcan bomber aircraft appear at RAF Waddington. A Vulcan is prepared for flight and the Vulcan’s crew prepare before boarding the aircraft and taking off.

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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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Papers of Flying Officer Eric Norman Woods, 1940-1947

Archives, In Storage, X008-9267

Collection is comprised of an air gunner's flying log book, copy of the London Gazette 5 January 1945 and six monochrome prints. Flying Officer Woods trained as an air gunner and served with No. 576 Squadron from August 1944 to January 1945 completing his tour of 30 Operations.

Papers of Flying Officer Eric Norman Woods, 1940-1947 | X008-9267, Royal Air Force Museum

Raid on Augsburg - Squadron Leader Nettleton VC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1872

Squadron Leader Nettleton gives his account of the raid on Augsburg, explaining the importance of low flying and strategic bombing as a means of attacking Germany.

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