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Recording of an interview with George Mason, 2 July 1979

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/28

Interview with George Mason, who served in Royal Naval Air Service airships, including Beta, 4L and R23, during the First World War.

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Recording of an interview with Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, part one, 17 November 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/33

Interview with Sir Kenneth Porter, who trained at Halton and Cranwell and served in 2 Squadron before injury ended flying career. He was then a signals officer.

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Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftswoman Theo Moore, 17 February 2020

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5638

Theo Moore (nee Acheson) was a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) plotter during the Second World War. She gives detail on her work, including the plotting of V-1 flying bombs.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader David Piper, 24 August 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4794

Dave Piper was a Canberra pilot between 1980 and 2006 with 360 and 39 Squadrons. He was also a flying instructor during his full-time RAF service and as a reservist.

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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Bob Pountney, 28 April 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5666

Bob Pountney served as an air quartermaster in Britannia transport aircraft and a winchman in Whirlwind, Wessex and Sea King helicopters. He describes various aspects of search and rescue operations.

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Recorded interview with Lieutenant Commander David Morgan, 25 October 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4805

Interview with David Morgan, who served as an RAF helicopter and Harrier pilot, flew Royal Navy Sea Harriers during the 1982 Falklands War and later transferred to the Royal Navy.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Martin Withers, 22 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5673

Martin Withers served as an RAF Vulcan pilot before and during the 1982 Falklands War. He gives an account of Operation Black Buck 1 and comments on Black Buck 7.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Steve Carr, 20 January 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5692

Steve Carr served as an RAF pilot in Wessex and Chinook helicopters from 1985 to 2004. During the 2003 Iraq War he landed Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula.

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Report on the operations of the Royal Air Force unit in HMS "Pegasus" 1924-1925

Library, In Storage, X004-2897

Air Ministry Pamphlet No.16, 1st edition, March 1926

Printed pamphlet, Crown

Recorded interview with Corporal Brian Burgess, 10 December 2021

Film & Sound, X008-5688

Brian Burgess joined the RAF Police in the 1960s. He served in the UK, Singapore and in Berlin, guarded nuclear weapons and provided cover for a civilian fire brigade strike.

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