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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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Air-to-Air Refuelling Plan, Marham News, South Atlantic Special 1982

Library, In Storage, X008-4556

The refuelling plan on display is for Operation BLACK BUCK, which required 18 tanker sorties to fuel one Vulcan bomber on a 6,800-mile roundtrip to attack targets on the Falkland Islands. At the time, these were the longest bombing missions ever flown.

Air-to-Air Refuelling Plan, Marham News, South Atlantic Special 1982 | X008-4556, Consult Collection Curator before use

Recorded interview with Corporal Mark Bastable, 21 May 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4847

Interview with Mark Bastable, who served as an RAF engine technician on Canberra, Victor and Tornado aircraft, including support for the Victors’ air-to-air refuelling operations during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Gerry Evans, 23 March 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7377

Interview with Gerry Evans, who served as an airframe fitter working on Britannia and Hercules transport aircraft, Jaguar strike aircraft and Victor air-to-air refuelling aircraft in the UK and Germany.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Brown, 31 January 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7373

Interview with John Brown, who was a pilot in Victor air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft and worked as a test pilot during air-to-air refuelling trials for the Tornado and Hercules aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Erwin Vinall, 30 January 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9920

Erwin Vinall describes his RAF service as an air communications technician, including work on Victor air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft at RAF Marham and Ascension Island during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Pilot's flying log book of Lieutenant Francis William Long, 1917-1923

Archives, In Storage, B2162

Francis Long arrived in France in November 1918 just after the armistice, he later served with No.55 Squadron in Iraq from April 1922-October 1923, operating the De Havilland D.H.9a.

Pilot's flying log book, Crown