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BBC newsreel recording relating to a visit by 54 Squadron Vampires to the United States, 2 August 1948

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6745

A news presenter describes the arrival of 54 Squadron’s Vampire aircraft at Mitchell Field, Long Island after flying across the Atlantic from RAF Odiham. Two RAF personnel are briefly interviewed.

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De Havilland Vampire F.3 (VF335), on ground, 1947

Photographs, In Storage, P018384

The De Havilland DH.100 Vampire was designed to specification E.6/41 and originally named Spidercrab. The prototype first flew in 1943 and the Vampire F.1 entered RAF service in 1946.

Side view of a jet aeroplane on the ground, RAF Museum

De Havilland 16mm reduction, can 100A - De Havilland diary, 1946-1949

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/184

Film on the work of the de Havilland Aircraft Company during the late 1940s, including D.H.108 experimental aircraft, Vampire fighter aircraft, aircraft carrier deck landings and the prototype Comet airliner.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Arthur Taylor, 9 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6744

Arthur Taylor served as an RAF ground wireless operator and fitter during and after the Second World War. He fought in France in 1940 and was safely evacuated from Dunkirk.

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Daily Express Air Pageant, 23 July 1949

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/64/4

Film taken at the Daily Express international air pageant, held at Gatwick Airport, shows Spitfire, Vampire, Stampe, Sunderland, Superfortress, Dakota, Cierva Skeeter and Pitts Special aircraft displaying over the airfield.

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