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Pilot's flying log book of Flight Sub Lieutenant Robert Seton Scott Orr, 17 September 1917-19 July 1918

Archives, 1917-1918, In Storage, DC73/105/2

Robert Orr joined the Royal Naval Air Service and undertook his pilot training at RNAS Vendome in France.

small note book, Crown

Short Sunderland MR5

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1961, London, Hangar One, 71/A/1408

By the start of the Second World War three RAF squadrons were equipped with the Short Sunderland, a long-range reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrol flying boat.

Large white metal aircraft with two wings and no wheels, © RAF Museum

Short Sunderland MR.5 (ML824 50 S.9) of the French Navy and Hawker-Siddeley Shackleton MR.3 (201-P) of No. 201 Squadron in flight, 24 March 1961

Photographs, In Storage, P016592

Short Sunderland ML824 was flown from France to Pembroke Dock in 1961.

Short Sunderland MR.5 (ML824 50 S.9) of the French Navy and Hawker-Siddeley Shackleton MR.3 (201-P) of No. 201 Squadron in flight, 24 March 1961 | P016592, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum

Short Sunderland (NS-B) of 201 Squadron at RAF Beaulieu, September 1948

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6289/10

This remarkable piece of flying was done during the station's Battle of Britain airshow.

A crowd watches a Sunderland flying boat make a low pass over an airfield, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Recognition film - Sunderland V

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/138

Aircraft recognition training film in which live footage and animated diagrams showing RAF Short Sunderland flying boats in flight are used to highlight the key recognition features of the aircraft.

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Pilot's flying log book of Lt Robert Seton Scott Orr, 22 July 1918-7 August 1918

Archives, In Storage, DC73/105/3

Log books records flights made by Lieutenant Robert Seton Scott Orr with No.201 Squadron, 22 July-7 August 1918.

small note book, Crown

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Kevin Bazeley, 6 September 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9909

Kevin Bazeley served as a navigator in VC10 transport aircraft and in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, before being discharged from the RAF when his superiors discovered that he was gay.

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Short Sunderland MR.5 (NS-D) of 201 Squadron delivering supplies during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949

Photographs, In Storage, P031129

The Berlin Airlift was the first major confrontation between the East and the West during the Cold War. It was known as Operation 'Plainfare' by the British and Operation 'Vittles' by the Americans.

A Sunderland flying boat on a lake in Berlin, © Crown

Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Cairns and Group Captain John Platt, 23 January 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4820

John Cairns and John Platt served as an Air Electronics Operator and navigator respectively in Shackleton and Nimrod aircraft. They describe their shared experience of operations in maritime patrol aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Air Vice Marshal Andrew Roberts, 26 February 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4827

Interview with Andrew Roberts, who served as a pilot in Shackleton and Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft in the UK and Malta. He commanded 236 Operational Conversion Unit and RAF Kinloss.

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