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Projector Searchlight 90CM Mark VI

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1936-Circa 1945, London, Hangar Five, 79/O/554

Searchlights were used to illuminate enemy aircraft at night. They saw little use at the start of the Battle of Britain but became important once night raids started on Britain's towns and cities.

Large light in green metal casing, on a green metal base with four continuous tracks, and a handle, © RAF Museum

Truck, General Service, 4 x 4, Land Rover Series 2/2A

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1967-FEB 1977, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6770

Green and black camouflage painted general purpose off-road vehicle prepared and fitted for air drop and mounted, with trailer, on an air drop platform.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Toria McPhaden, 20 November 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7390

Toria McPhaden served as an administrative and secretarial officer, including roles at Lyneham and Leuchars. She was station commander of RAF Northolt at the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s repatriation.

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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel two, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/002

Amateur film shows RAF, Royal Navy, British Army and locally-recruited personnel parading for King George VI’s birthday. Vickers Vincent aircraft pass overhead and the Bakri Idd religious festival takes place.

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Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel six, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/006

Amateur film shows bombs being loaded for shipment, men playing football and working, armoured cars in the desert and gunners of the Royal Artillery firing at air and sea targets.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Roger Taylor 6 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3373

Recorded interview with Roger Taylor, who was an electrical technician specialising in radar from 1963 to 2001. He worked in various parts of the UK, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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General view of Royal Engineers' balloon in about 1890

Photographs, In Storage, PC73/37/5

The British Army began operating balloons in 1879. The Balloon Section of the Royal Corps of Engineers consisted of the Balloon School and Balloon Factory.

Two men under a large balloon, RAF Museum

Amateur film taken in Aden by Group Captain Philip H. Wood, reel five, 1936-1938

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6708/005

Amateur film in which men of the Royal Engineers construct a landing stage and men of the Royal Artillery destroy two tons of over-age cordite by setting fire to it.

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