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AM Sir Peter Drummond KCB; DSO and Bar; MC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1982

Air Marshal Sir Peter Drummond gives a brief synopsis of his career since 1914, including his views on the importance of co-operation within the British Empire and Commonwealth.

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Squadron Leader Birch - Sunderland pilot

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1968

Recording in which Squadron Leader Birch, an Australian Sunderland pilot, describes an engagement between his aeroplane and two Junkers 88s over the Atlantic.

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Australian Night Fighter - Squadron Leader D.F.B. Sheen DFC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6355

Recording in which Squadron Leader Sheen describes a night engagement in which he shot down a Junkers 88 and a daylight incident in which he was shot down by a Messerschmitt 109.

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Recording made during a visit by 463 and 467 Squadron Associations to the RAF Museum Hendon, 5 May 1975

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/51

Recording in which members of the 463 and 467 Squadron Associations make speeches and presentations to veterans. The significance of the RAF Museum’s Avro Lancaster, R5868 ‘S-Sugar’ is also mentioned.

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Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IV

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, London, Hangar Five, 1994/1347/A

The Curtiss Kittyhawk was the final development of the monoplane Curtiss Hawk fighters. First introduced into service in January 1942, over 3000 Kittyhawks were delivered to Commonwealth Air Forces.

Kittyhawk displayed in Mediterranean theatre camouflage, shark mouth details at front air intake, with RAF roundels, fin flash, serial FX760 and No. 112 Squadron fuselage code markings., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Bristol Blenheim in flight over Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/019

A Bristol Blenheim Mk I in flight over Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.

A twin-engined monoplane aircraft in flight, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

Bristol Blenheim taxies past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/016

A Bristol Blenheim Mk I taxying past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at RAF Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.

A twin-engined monoplane aircraft taxies past a row of single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

Bristol Blenheim in front of a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, X004-7598/042/018

A Bristol Blenheim Mk I, taxiing past a line of Brewster Buffalo aircraft of No. 21 or No. 453 Squadrons RAAF, at RAF Sembawang, Singapore. This photograph was taken whilst Arthur Stewart King Scarf was in Singapore in 1941.

Twin-engined monoplane aircraft in front of a row of single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft as more monoplane aircraft fly overhead, Crown Copyright / RAF Museum

Kangaroo mascot from Lancaster R5868

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1945, In Storage, 77/C/963

This hand-made kangaroo, made of pipe cleaners and dressed as a flight sergeant, was adopted by the crew of our Lancaster flown by No. 467 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force. He sat on the navigator’s table.

hand-made kangaroo, made of pipe cleaners and dressed as a flight sergeant, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Avro Anson Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941-1962, In Storage, 1996/0066/A

The first RAF aircraft to feature a retractable undercarriage, the Avro Anson entered service with No. 48 Squadron, Coastal Command, in 1936. Anson Mk Is escorted British shipping in the North Sea and English Channel during the Battle of Britain.

Incomplete aircraft with wings and cockpit glass missing, sitting on top of a trailer, © RAF Museum