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Bomber evasion tactics, Spitfire versus Stirling

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/34

Film in which animated diagrams and film taken from the perspectives of a fighter pilot and bomber’s gunner show how a bomber aircraft can manoeuvre to avoid a fighter attack.

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What's the form?

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/4

Film in which the crash of an Avro Lancaster bomber aircraft is thought to have resulted from unauthorised low flying, until a more thorough examination of the evidence proves otherwise.

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Aircraft recognition - Wellington Mk. IC

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/233

Aircraft recognition training film on the Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft, using animated images to highlight recognition features. The aircraft’s geodetic construction, armament and Second World War service are also mentioned.

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Collection of combat reports, 1939-1945

Archives, X008-5400

Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft, and a vital intelligence source. This extensive collection features over 16,000 original reports, organised by squadron. They cover actions by squadrons in Bomber, Fighter, and Transport Command, as well as Fleet Air Arm Squadrons, Merchant Ship Fighter Units and the Air Transport Auxiliary.

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Bomber Command operational films

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/153

Three films taken from RAF Lancaster bomber aircraft during daylight bombing raids on Flushing in the Netherlands, against the German battleship Tirpitz in Tromsø Fjord, Norway, and Düren in Germany.

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Vulcan crews

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/215

Film in which Vulcan bomber aircrew of 101 Squadron are seen in a briefing and preparing for flight. They dress in flying clothing and travel to their aircraft by bus.

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Vulcan scramble

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC79/151/2

Film in which four Vulcan bomber aircraft are seen on operational readiness platforms beside a runway. An order is given to scramble and the aircraft take off in rapid succession.

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Battle of Britain Royal Air Force exhibition, Horse Guards' Parade and Air Ministry Whitehall, 12-18 September 1960

Library, In Storage, X006-4202

Souvenir brochure for the 1960 Battle of Britain week on Horse Guards Parade and in the Air Ministry, Whitehall commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain

Illustration of blue sky, white cliffs, green field, blue sea and yellow sand with red and black text against the sky, Royal Air Force Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arthur Spencer, 22 May 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7423

Arthur Spencer was a navigator in Lancaster bomber aircraft of 97 Squadron, including raids on Peenemünde and Berlin. In Dakota transport aircraft, he participated in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949.

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RAF flight engineer's flying log book of Sergeant Albert John Rogers, 22 November 1943-26 March 1944

Archives, 22 NOV 1943-26 MAR 1944, In Storage, X006-1372

Aircrew flying log book of Sergeant Albert Rogers.

RAF flight engineer's flying log book of Sergeant Albert John Rogers, 22 November 1943-26 March 1944 | X006-1372