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Papers of Squadron Leader Philip William Mobbs, 1990s-2010s

Archives, 1990s-2010s, X008-5363

Collection of miscellaneous documents relating to the service of Squadron Leader Phil Mobbs, a Hercules pilot who served in the Falklands, the Balkans and Afghanistan.

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Red Cross Amman RAF

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/204

Film in which RAF Argosy and Hercules transport aircraft are seen delivering Red Cross supplies and vehicles to Amman in Jordan. Supplies are manually transferred to trucks and driven away.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Phil Mobbs, 31 May 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7401

Interview with Phil Mobbs, who served as pilot in C130 Hercules and A400M Atlas transport aircraft. He describes operations around the world and the contrast between the Hercules and A400M.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Peter Rees Morgan, 4 May 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3359

Recorded interview with Peter Morgan, who was an armourer from 1983 to the 2000s. He participated in the 1991 Gulf War and in Operations Warden, Deny Flight and Allied Force.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Anthony Eley, 16 January 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4816

Tony Eley served as an RAF doctor at RAF Leconfield and later with 4626 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, including participation in the 1991 Gulf War.

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Hercules aircraft: Drills for parachute training - Part 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2238

Film in which British Army paratroopers make a training parachute jump from an RAF Hercules transport aircraft, carrying personal equipment and weapons containers. The sequence of pre-jump checks is illustrated.

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Military Free Fall

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2239

Film illustrating freefall parachuting from an RAF Hercules transport aircraft. Parachutists are seen in training on the ground, including the use of mockup transport aircraft, a decompression chamber and oxygen.

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Oxygen fire in the air

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2270

Film on the causes of fires in aircrew oxygen equipment, including a dramatized scene onboard a Hercules transport aircraft and tests on aircrew equipment at the Institute of Aviation Medicine.

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Introduction to Operational Parachute Training

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2244

Film in which trainee paratroopers are followed through their RAF parachuting course at RAF Brize Norton. Training progresses from ground phases to jumps from tethered balloons and Hercules transport aircraft.

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