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Stirling loses its turret - Flight Sergeant Whitney

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1889

Recording in which a Stirling pilot tells how he was attacked by a night fighter, ditched in the English Channel and was subsequently picked up by an air-sea rescue launch.

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Wing Commander A.C. Brown - Attack on German convoy

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1874

Recording in which Wing Commander Brown describes a Beaufighter squadron’s attack on a German convoy off the Dutch coast.

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Bristol Beaufighters of 252 Squadron attacking Kalymnos, 1943

Photographs, In Storage, P023330

No. 252 Squadron served with Coastal Command in the Second World War, operating from bases in Norfolk, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Egypt, Libya and Greece. They were involved in attacks on enemy shipping.

An aircraft flies over a port, with explosions underneath, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

227 Squadron (RAF) activities in Cyprus, 1943

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2219

Amateur film in which personnel of 227 Squadron are seen with their Beaufighter aircraft, a Walrus aircraft, with a captured Italian seaplane, while swimming in the sea and in boats.

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Beaufighter versus Messerschmitt - Pilot Officer Sherwood

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1952

Pilot Officer Sherwood describes an encounter between Beaufighters and Messerschmitts; while evading and drawing the Germans further from their bases one Messerschmitt misjudged a dive and crashed into the sea.

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RAF Eastcote Collection - Halton, reel 1, January 1959

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/41/1

Film showing apprentices training at RAF Halton, including classroom and practical lessons with aircraft and aircraft systems. Various recreational activities are also illustrated, including a range of sports and hobbies.

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Coastal Command Review: Volume 4 Numbers 1-6 1945

Library, In Storage, PR06053

Bound volume of 'Coastal Command Review': Volume 4 Numbers 1-6 1945

Printed periodical, Crown

Pilot's flying log book of Wg Cdr Harold Brownlow Morgan (Mickey) Martin KCB, DSO, DFC, AFC, 15 August 1943-22 September 1961

Archives, In Storage, AC89/4/2

This is the logbook of Wg Cdr Harold Brownlow “Micky” Martin of No. 515 Squadron. On the night of 5/6 June 1944, he flew a bombing mission in preparation of D-Day

Pilot's flying log book of Wg Cdr Harold Brownlow Morgan (Mickey) Martin KCB, DSO, DFC, AFC, 15 August 1943-22 September 1961 | AC89/4/2

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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Bristol Beaufighters of 252 Squadron flying over Athens during the Victory in Europe flypast, 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P023333

While news of the German surrender and Victory in Europe on 8 May 1945 was greeted with joy by the Allies, for many countries it did not mark the end of the fighting or the suffering.

Aircraft fly over the Parthenon in Athens as part of the VE Day celebrations, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset