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Hawker-Siddeley Hunter F.4, Cockpit Section

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1955-JUL 1995, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1995/1005/A

The Hunter was the first high-speed jet fighter with radar and fully-powered flying controls to go into widespread service with the Royal Air Force.

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Westland Belvedere HC1

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1962-AUG 1969, London, Hangar Three/Four, 74/A/15

The Belvedere was the Royal Air Force’s first twin engined, twin rotor helicopter to enter service. During its operational service Great Britain began the slow and sometimes painful task of withdrawing from its Empire and this aircraft was involved in many of those operations in the Middle and Far East.

Twin-rotor helicopter, green/grey camouflage with lighter underside, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Leslie Curtis Glover - a short autobiography

Archives, In Storage, X003-0337/005

Spitfire pilot Plt Off Leslie Glover of No. 26 Squadron was in direct radio communication with Royal Navy warships as he flew from 10,000 ft over Normandy during D-Day.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Bill Hassey, 8 November 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7410

Interview with Bill Hassey, who served as an RAF armourer in the UK and with 26 Squadron in Germany, operating Tempest and Vampire ground attack aircraft during the late 1940s.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Vince Williams, 26 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4832

Vince Williams was an airframe fitter on Javelin, Jet Provost, Vulcan, Hercules, VC10 and Belvedere aircraft in the UK, Borneo and Singapore. He also flew as a crewman in Belvederes.

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