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Avro Anson Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941-1962, In Storage, 1996/0066/A

The first RAF aircraft to feature a retractable undercarriage, the Avro Anson entered service with No. 48 Squadron, Coastal Command, in 1936. Anson Mk Is escorted British shipping in the North Sea and English Channel during the Battle of Britain.

Incomplete aircraft with wings and cockpit glass missing, sitting on top of a trailer, © RAF Museum

Avro York Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, OCT 1945-OCT 1964, Cosford, Hangar Four, 75/A/725

Manufactured by Avro and incorporating the wings, tail, undercarriage and engines of the Lancaster bomber, the York was to prove a useful military and civilian transport aircraft in war and peace.

Avro York on display at the RAF Museum, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Hunting Percival Pembroke C1

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1955-APR 1987, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1987/0277/A

Entering service in 1953, the Pembroke took over from the venerable Anson in the light transport and communications role. It was developed from the Prince civil transport having a longer wing to carry an increased all-up weight.

High wing, twin-engined aircraft painted white with blue cheat line, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Bristol Britannia 312

Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 1957-31 MAY 1984, Cosford, External Display, 84/A/740

Designed to a 1947 specification for a medium-range airliner for the British Overseas Airways Corporation, the Britannia prototype made its first flight on 16 August 1952. A long-range version, the Series 300 as pictured, was developed for trans-Atlantic service and entered service on the London-New York route on 19 December 1957.

Four engine transport aircraft in white RAF Transport Command finish with blue 'cheat line', © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Aircraft recognition training - Bear

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/30

Aircraft recognition training film on the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 bomber aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s recognition features. The Tu-114, the civilian version of the Tu-95, also appears.

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Recorded account of the first commercial charter flight from London to Paris, made by Captain Henry Shaw, January 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/67

Recording in which Captain Henry “Jerry” Shaw tells the story of the first commercial charter flight from London to Paris, for which he was the pilot.

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Recorded interview with Peter Hoar, 22 May 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4848

Interview with Peter Hoar, who flew replica Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus and Vickers Vimy aircraft. He describes his experience with these aircraft, and comments on involvement with Concorde and Lightning aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-104 on ground, Heathrow, 1956

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6647/2

Tupolev Tu-104 Camel of Aeroflot at Heathrow Airport, 22 March 1956.

Tupolev Tu-104 on ground, Heathrow, 1956 | PC98/173/6647/2, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/001

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF and US Air Force aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor bombers.

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RAF Eastcote collection - HM Queen Mother at RAF Station Leconfield, October 1961

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/85

Film in which the Queen Mother visits RAF Leconfield, where she inspects a guard of honour, pilots of 74 Squadron, Lightning and Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft and a married quarter.

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