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Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1

Aircraft & Exhibits, APR 1962-APR 1988, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1988/0098/A

The Argosy was a medium range transport, paratroop and supply aircraft. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart turbojet engines, and with a distinctive twin boom tailplane design, it became known as the “Whistling Wheelbarrow” in RAF service.

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C Mk1 from elevated position., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recording of an interview with Group Captain Theodore Studd, 9 February 1981

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/46

Interview with Group Captain Theodore Quintus Studd, who flew F.E.2b and Handley Page O/400 aircraft in the Royal Flying Corps and RAF. He served in the RAF until 1945.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tim Pembrey, 21 March 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/001

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tim Pembrey, who flew as co-pilot and captain in Hercules aircraft with 24 and 70 Squadrons during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tim Gosling, tape one, 21 March 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/002

Interview with Squadron Leader Tim Gosling, who was a navigator in Hercules from the early 1980s, including long-range flights to the Falkland Islands, famine relief in Ethiopia and the Balkans.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Peter Gregory, 17 June 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/015

Peter Gregory served as a pilot in Hercules aircraft between 1975 and 1989. His experience includes Belize, Cyprus, Singapore, Gibraltar, support for airborne forces and Exercise Red Flag in Nevada.

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Recording of an interview with Group Captain Leonard Snaith, 14 October 1975

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/42

Interview with Group Captain Leonard Somerville Snaith, who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force as a draughtsman, aero-engine fitter and pilot from 1917.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Lucy Playle, 7 February 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7416

Lucy Playle served in various human resources, administrative and welfare roles. In 2024 she was RAF detachment commander in Jordan in support of the dropping of humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Anne-Marie Houghton, 23 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4753

Interview with Anne-Marie Houghton, who served as a navigator in Hercules and E-3 Sentry aircraft. She was involved in operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan and commanded 54 Squadron.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Geoff Collins, tape one, 3 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/004

Recorded interview with Wing Commander Geoff Collins, who flew as a navigator in Hercules aircraft between 1972 and 1989, including an exchange tour in Canada, the Falkland Islands and Ethiopia.

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