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Rolls-Royce Derwent 8

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1997, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0054/E

Turbojet as fitted to several marks of the Gloster Meteor. Fully restored complete with jet pipe and displayed on stand.

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Southwell Material reel one

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-9318

Film illustrating RAF aircraft movements at RAF Salalah in Oman. Aircraft seen include Gloster Meteor reconnaissance aircraft, Vickers Viking and Percival Pembroke passenger aircraft and a Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft.

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Focus on Faireys, 1956

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/48

Film in which Gloster Meteor and Fairey Firefly aircraft participate in air-to-air missile trials and Peter Twiss, flying a Fairey Delta 2 high-speed experimental aircraft, sets a new speed record.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Hall, 24 September 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5619

Interview with John Hall, who flew Spitfire and Meteor aircraft in Egypt and Sudan during the early 1950s and worked as a civilian test pilot for the English Electric company.

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Papers of Pilot Officer Stephen Frederick Kelly, 1952-1954

Archives, 1951-1954, In Storage, X008-9276

Collection comprised of a flying log book, diary, photographs & correspondence.

Collection of letters and documents, Consult the curator

Recorded interview with Raymond Hankin, 18 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6750

Recorded interview with Ray Hankin, who served as an air traffic control operations clerk at RAF Debden during his national service. He describes the role and operations from RAF Debden.

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Recorded interview with Air Vice Marshal George Philip Black, 20 January 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/015

George Black flew Meteor, Hunter and Lightning aircraft. He flew Royal Navy Sea Hawks in the Suez Crisis, was a Lightning instructor, commanded 111 and 5 Squadrons and RAF Wildenrath.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Peter Charles Vangucci 19 November 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/007

Peter Vangucci served as a pilot in Hunter and Lightning aircraft in the UK and Germany, developed Lightning tactics and was a launch control officer for Thor ballistic nuclear missiles.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Jonathan Duncan Hutchinson, 29 October 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/004

Jonathan Hutchinson, who served as a pilot in Venom, Meteor, Javelin and Lightning aircraft in the UK and overseas. He was an instructor and commanded 5 Squadron with Lightning aircraft.

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Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Fincher Brookes, 1940-1964

Archives, 1940-1964, In Storage, X008-9273

Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Brookes, who was awarded the DFC and bar and AFC. He began his operational career with No.103 Squadron, flying Wellingtons on bombing operations.

Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader John Fincher Brookes, 1940-1964 | X008-9273, Royal Air Force Museum