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Recorded account of the first flight from the United Kingdom to India, made by Group Captain Robert Halley, 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/63

Recorded account of the first flight from the United Kingdom to India. Group Captain Robert ‘Jock’ Halley gives the background to the flight before describing the journey and problems encountered.

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Recorded interview with Air Vice Marshal Malcolm Brecht, 20 November 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7430

Malcolm Brecht flew HS125, HS146 and Tristar aircraft on transport operations. He went on to be the first commanding officer of 99 Squadron as it reformed with C-17 transport aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftsman John William Mitchell, 13 October 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/015

Recorded interview with John Mitchell, who completed RAF national service as an airframe rigger. He was posted to 216 Squadron at Fayid in Egypt, where he worked on Valetta aircraft.

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Battle of Britain 21st anniversary souvenir book

Library, In Storage, X004-0388

Souvenir book for RAF Finningley’s ‘At Home’ Day on Saturday 16 September 1961 commemorating the twenty first anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The flying programme and station plan is not included

Page showing five grey aircraft against blue sky. With white and black text and white box with blue and red text, Royal Air Force Museum

Recorded interview with William Hall, 8 June 1998

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6770

Recorded interview with William Hall, who served as an observer in Handley-Page O/400 bomber aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service and RAF at Ochey during the First World War.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Jeff Glover, 21 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7356

Interview with Jeff Glover, who served as an RAF Harrier GR3 pilot during the 1982 Falklands War. He remembers how he was shot down and taken prisoner by Argentinean forces.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Ian Cathal Macmillan, 18 May 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3360

Recorded interview with Ian Macmillan, who was a navigator in Argosy, Belfast and VC10 transport aircraft, and in C-141 transport aircraft during an exchange tour with the US Air Force.

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Wireless Operator's flying log books of Flight Lieutenant Cyril Kidd, 1941-1961

Archives, In Storage, X008-9271

Two flying log books belonging to Wireless Operator Flight Lieutenant Cyril Kidd document his service history. From June 1942 to November 1943, Kidd served with No. 279 Squadron at RAF Bircham Newton, flying on Air-Sea Rescue operations

Wireless Operator's flying log books of Flight Lieutenant Cyril Kidd, 1941-1961 | X008-9271, Crown