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Log Book of Group Captain Douglas Bader

Archives, In Storage, B354

This logbook belonged to Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader. His life was encapsulated in the film 'Reach for the Sky' (1956).

An open page of a book, with printed lines and handwritten entries, © Crown Copyright

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Ford, 10 December 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9933

John Ford trained as a pilot in Canada and flew Vickers Valiant bomber aircraft with 49 Squadron. He later flew English Electric Canberra reconnaissance aircraft with 31 Squadron in Germany.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Harry Apiafi, 20 November 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9918

Harry Apiafi gives an account of his RAF career, initially as an aircraft electrician before becoming a pilot in Hercules transport aircraft with 47 Squadron and on weather reconnaissance operations.

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Conversion to the Chipmunk Mark 22 aircraft

Library, In Storage, R011728

This document produced by the Royal Singapore Flying Club contains technical information and procedures to follow in order to fly the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk.

Conversion to the Chipmunk Mk. 22 aircraft, RAFM

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, 1947

Photographs, In Storage, P100241

The De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk was designed as a replacement for the De Havilland Tiger Moth. The prototype CF-DIO-X made its first flight on 22 May 1946.

A single-engined monoplane in flight, RAF Museum/Charles Brown Collection