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Treble-Four, the glider tug

Film & Sound, X001-1990

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant James (Jimmy) Edwards, the pilot of a Douglas Dakota (KG444), describes operations on D-Day and during Operation Market Garden.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader David Stubbs, 7 June 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3364

David Stubbs was rear crew in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft and Sentry airborne early warning aircraft, including operations over Bosnia and an exchange tour with the United States Air Force.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Derek Charles Tilford 27 June 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3367

Recorded interview with Derek Tilford, who served as a navigator in Javelin fighters and Victor tanker aircraft, and was involved in planning Operation Black Buck during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Jack Robert Watchous, 11 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3301

Jack Watchous served as a wireless operator-air gunner in Avro Anson aircraft during the early part of the Second World War, including patrols over the evacuation beaches during Operation Dynamo.

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Recording of an interview with Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, part one, 17 November 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/33

Interview with Sir Kenneth Porter, who trained at Halton and Cranwell and served in 2 Squadron before injury ended flying career. He was then a signals officer.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Ian Loughborough, 4 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7341

Interview with Ian Loughborough, who served as an RAF Regiment officer including command of 63 Squadron RAF Regiment, equipped with Rapier surface to air missiles during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Marshal of the RAF Sir Peter Harding, 26 October 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4806

Peter Harding flew Canberra bomber aircraft and Wessex helicopters with the RAF and Royal Australian Air Force and was Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5692

Steve Carr served as an RAF pilot in Wessex and Chinook helicopters from 1985 to 2004. During the 2003 Iraq War he landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Brian Burgess, 10 December 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5688

Brian Burgess joined the RAF Police in the 1960s. He served in the UK, Singapore and in Berlin, guarded nuclear weapons and provided cover for a civilian fire brigade strike.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Alec Cecil, 1 July 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/006

Alec Cecil served with 1 Air Mobility Wing, Joint Helicopter Support Unit and later Squadron in the UK, the Falkland Islands, at sea with the Royal Navy and in Afghanistan.

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