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Target folder, operation number GO. 1210, Trier, 1939-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/15

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section, giving details of the Trier thermal electric power station and adjacent railway workshops.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1210, Trier, 1939-1944 | AC84/1/2/15, © Crown

Target folder, operation number GO. 1222, Hirschfelde, 1941-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/17

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of the thermal power station at Hirschfelde,

Target folder, operation number GO. 1222, Hirschfelde, 1941-1944 | AC84/1/2/17, © Crown

Target folder, operation number GO. 1236, Quadrath, 1941-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/21

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section, giving details of the thermal electric power stations of the Rheinisches Elektrikzitatswerk im Braunkohlenrevier A.G. at Quadrath, 12.5 miles west of Cologne.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1236, Quadrath, 1941-1944 | AC84/1/2/21, © Crown

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Brian Spurway, 29 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6800

Brian Spurway trained as an apprentice airframe fitter at RAF Halton and worked on Hunter, Dakota and Hastings aircraft and as an air engineer in Hastings and Hercules transport aircraft.

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Recording of interviews with Wing Commander Patrick and Flight Lieutenant Greening, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/17

Recordings of two interviews, the first with Wing Commander Patrick, who flew as a Pathfinder with Bomber Command, the other with Flight Lieutenant Greening who also served with the Pathfinders.

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Target folder, operation number GO. 1237, Knapsack, 1941-1944

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/22

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section, giving details of the thermal electric power station of the Rheinisch-West-Fälisches Elektrikzitatswerk A.G. at Knapsack 7 miles south west of Cologne.

Target folder, operation number GO. 1237, Knapsack, 1941-1944 | AC84/1/2/22, © Crown

Recording in which Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie describes a bombing raid, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/70

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie, a veteran of Bomber Command, describes the sequence of events that took place before, during and after an RAF bombing raid during the Second World War.

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Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32

Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.

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Target map for Hanau, 1944

Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/8

This target map of Hanau was issued in 1944. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Printed map of Hannau and surrounds to aid bomb aimers when flying over the target at night, © Crown

Operational programme of No. 455 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 2 April 1942

Archives, In Storage, A383

During 1942, No. 455 (Royal Australian Air Force) Squadron operated Handley Page Hampden Mark 1 bombers from Wigsley. Crews detailed for operations on 2 April are listed on this sheet.

Typescript single page document with table of aircrew names and aircraft serials, Crown