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Viking Mk.Ib

Library, NOV 1950, In Storage, X004-7332

Aircraft recognition poster of a Vickers Viking. Air Diagram number AD4672, issue 1, sheet 1, November 1950.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

C-47 Dakota

Library, JAN 1951, In Storage, X004-7331

Aircraft recognition poster of a Douglas C-47 Dakota. Air Diagram number AD4670, issue 1, sheet 1, January 1951.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

Invasion of Europe: Normandy Campaign - 1/ First pilot to land in France interviewed by Stewart MacPherson 2/ Evacuation of casualties by air - Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck interviewed by Audrey Russell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6427

Brief interviews with Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck, a nursing orderly, and a Canadian pilot, both RAF participants in Operation Overlord.

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Aircraft recognition training - York

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/37

Aircraft recognition training film on the Avro York transport aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s various recognition features. Film shows Yorks in the air and on the ground.

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Fly in of Blackburn Beverley XH124 at Hendon, 1968

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/52

Amateur colour film in which an RAF Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft (XH124) is seen briefly passing overhead before approaching low over hangars, landing and taxiing at RAF Hendon in 1968.

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Dakota - Control locks

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/25

Film in which an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft crashes on takeoff due to the aircraft’s elevator control locks remaining in place. The importance of following correct procedures is emphasised.

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Red Cross Amman RAF

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/204

Film in which RAF Argosy and Hercules transport aircraft are seen delivering Red Cross supplies and vehicles to Amman in Jordan. Supplies are manually transferred to trucks and driven away.

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Speed with Accuracy

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/550

Film illustrating the operation of the RAF’s networked computer supply system, centred on RAF Hendon. The system supports a famine relief operation and the maintenance of a Hercules transport aircraft.

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Khana Cascade

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3691

Film on the RAF’s involvement in famine relief operations in Nepal in 1973. Hercules transport aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground and logistics support is illustrated.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8183

Film documenting a flight made by RAF Hercules transport aircraft from Christchurch, New Zealand, to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Various views show Antarctic landscape and Hercules on the ground.

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