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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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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tony Smith, 6 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7354

Interview with Tony Smith, who served as an RAF navigator in Canberra, Valiant and Victor bomber aircraft. He describes his experience of operating each aircraft type during the Cold War.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Henry William Hodgson, 5 April 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4782

Interview with Harry Hodgson, who served as an airframe fitter with 10 Squadron at RAF Melbourne during the Second World War. He gives an account of work and social life.

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Flying Officer Havelock - 4 December 1941

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1843

Recording in which Flying Officer Havelock, a Brazilian pilot serving in the RAF, gives an overview of his service career.

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Pilot Officer Mitchell - Stirlings outfight Messerschmitts

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1840

Recording in which Pilot Officer Mitchell, a Short Stirling’s tail gunner, describes an attack on German shipping and evasive action taken when engaged by German fighters.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Oliver Lancaster, 30 July 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6786

Recorded interview with John Oliver "Jo" Lancaster, who served as a pilot in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft and was the first to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Neil Gibson Harris, 4 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6797

Recorded interview with Neil Harris, who served as a navigator in Halifax aircraft during the Second World War and subsequently in Avro Lincolns before he retrained as a fighter controller.

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Interview with Corporal Lilley

Film & Sound, X003-1792

Recording in which Corporal Lilley, a rear gunner, describes an attack by a number of German aeroplanes during which one German aircraft was shot down and the rest driven off.

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Squadron Leader H. Price - Bombing Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6396

Recording in which Squadron Leader Price, a Wellington pilot, gives an account of a night raid on Berlin.

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Pilot Officer P. Owen - daylight raid on Kiel

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6378

Recording in which Pilot Officer Owen gives an account of a daylight raid on Kiel, including fighter attacks and damage sustained.

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