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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arnold Pownall Lewis Greethurst, 23 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3304

Arnold ‘Al’ Greethurst served as a navigator in Lancaster, Lincoln, Mosquito, Brigand, Canberra and Vulcan aircraft during the earlier part of the Cold War, including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Philip Benjamin Bonner, 27 April 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3358

Recorded interview with Phil Bonner, who was aircrew in Shackleton AEW.2 and Sentry AEW.1 aircraft. He was involved in trials of the Nimrod AEW3 and served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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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 Wing Commander David Bolsover, 2 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4766

Interview with David Bolsover, who served as a pilot in Puma helicopters in the UK and Germany before converting to Buccaneer and Tornado aircraft. He also commanded the Red Arrows.

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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel one, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/001

Amateur film in which Vickers Vincent aircraft of 8 Squadron are seen on the ground and in the air during a flight to the Audhali Plateau, located in present-day Yemen.

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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel three, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/003

Amateur film taken in Aden illustrates a journey on the ground to Dhala and Amiri. The footage includes stops for water and people walking, riding and driving on rough tracks.

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Medal Bar of 6, Squadron Leader Walter Henry Park

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 79/D/2131

Walter Henry Park joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, earning the Military Cross in 1917. His Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded for operations in North Russia in 1919 and the Bar for operations in Kurdistan in 1922.

6 metal medals suspended on a bar by coloured silk ribbons, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan