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Squadron Leader Abrahams - Organisation of fighter sweeps

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1882

Recording in which Squadron Leader Abrahams gives details of the preparation necessary before a fighter sweep over occupied Europe. The teamwork required during a sweep is also discussed.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Jonathan Duncan Hutchinson, 29 October 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/004

Jonathan Hutchinson, who served as a pilot in Venom, Meteor, Javelin and Lightning aircraft in the UK and overseas. He was an instructor and commanded 5 Squadron with Lightning aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3325

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

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Aerial combat: Camera gun films: Reel four

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC75/7/4

RAF gun camera film taken from Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Several German fighter and bomber aircraft are seen during aerial combat. Titles provide detail.

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Royal Air Force Cosford At Home Day souvenir book to commemorate the Battle of Britain anniversary, 19 September 1959

Library, In Storage, X005-3490

Souvenir book with the front cover by GW Heumann. Contains 72 pages, 24 of which are about the programme for the day and celebrating the 21st anniversary of RAF Cosford

Realistic image of grey aircraft circling a blue and grey globe. Red and black text on white and yellow backgrounds, Royal Air Force Museum

Combat Report of No. 247 Squadron for 28 October 1940.

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/096/001

Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.

Typescript report, Crown ©

Advance Intelligence Report of No. 242 Squadron for 30 July 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/094/033

No.242 Squadron intelligence report of a Hawker Hurricane pursuit of two Dornier Do 17s into cloud over a convoy off the east coast.

Typescript report, Crown

Operations Room sequence

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3375

Film showing a post-war reconstruction of a Battle of Britain fighter operations room, in which plotters and controllers follow the events of 15 September 1940. Archive footage illustrates aerial combat.

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Defensive Radio Warfare (Radar Aspects) / Anti-Jamming Procedures at Control Stations - Recognition of jamming signals

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3684

Film in which several different methods of radar jamming are described and illustrated for the benefit of RAF radar operators. This includes ‘Window’ and simple, amplitude-modulated, frequency-modulated and pulse-modulated methods.

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Fighter command combat report of No. 64 Squadron for 8 August 1940

Archives, In Storage, X008-5400/019/003

Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.

Typescript report, Crown