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Squadron Leader H. Price - Bombing Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6396

Recording in which Squadron Leader Price, a Wellington pilot, gives an account of a night raid on Berlin.

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Squadron Leader Fowler - raid on Berlin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1977

Recording in which Squadron Leader Fowler describes the scene over Berlin during a night raid as the city burned but with little anti-aircraft fire and no night fighters present.

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Czech pilot - raids on Emden, Berlin, Bremen etc.

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1998

Recording in which a Czech bomber pilot describes raids over Berlin, Emden, Bremen, Brest and Munster.

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Target Map for Berlin-Templelhof, railway marshalling yards, 1942

Library, In Storage, X001-3156

This target map of Berlin was issued in 1942. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Target Map for Berlin-Templelhof, railway marshalling yards, 1942 | X001-3156, © Crown

Target map of Berlin, Tempelhof marshalling yard, and Anhalter and Potsdamer stations, target No. 6(d)(vi)70, 1943

Archives, In Storage, B4279

This map shows targeting information for RAF Bomber Command crews attacking Berlin ahead of the Battle of Berlin. The British believed heavy, targeted raids - making use of new aircraft like the Lancaster - on Berlin would defeat Germany and end the Second World War.

Printed map., © 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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Flight Lieutenant Ercoland DSO - rescue of a Wellington crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1857

Flight Lieutenant Ercoland, a Wellington pilot, gives his account of a raid on Berlin, and his subsequent ditching in the English Channel.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain David Jones, 26 April 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7380

David Jones was an RAF pilot in Lightning and Jaguar aircraft in the UK and Germany. He flew Phantom and F16 aircraft during a United States Air Force exchange tour.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Andy Green, 16 April 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7398

Interview with Andy Green, who served as an RAF pilot in Phantom and Tornado F3 aircraft and broke the sound barrier on the ground in 1997, driving the purpose-built Thrust-SSC.

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Recorded interview with Air Commodore Dickie Duckett, 12 January 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7395

Interview with Dickie Duckett, who served as a pilot in Lightning and Harrier aircraft, flew with the Red Arrows as a pilot and as team leader and commanded RAF Benson.

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