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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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Lockheed Hudson story by Squadron Leader D.P. Marvin

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6371

Recording in which Squadron Leader Marvin gives details of the various operations undertaken by an individual Lockheed Hudson.

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Bombing Raids - Pilot Officer R.H. Williams, 27/2/41

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6345

Recording in which Pilot Officer Williams, an air gunner, recalls various incidents that took place during bombing raids over Germany, France and Italy.

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Attack on shipping off French coast - Flight Lieutenant Cawthorn

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1887

Flight Lieutenant Cawthorn gives an account of a Beaufort patrol off the Cotentin Peninsula, during which a ship was sighted and attacked with bombs.

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Canadian Pilot - Flight Lieutenant Monk Brown

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6314

Flight Lieutenant Monk Brown, a Canadian Hurricane pilot, describes engagements with Messerschmitt 109s and Messerschmitt 110s during the German invasion of France in 1940.

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Pilot Officer Dunn, 14 July 1940

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1796

Recording in which Pilot Officer Dunn gives an account of daylight Spitfire sorties over northern France and an early night fighter sortie during which he destroyed two German bombers.

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Squadron Leader F.A.F. Maclachan - 'The Intruder'

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1876

Squadron Leader Maclachlan, an RAF night fighter pilot, gives an account of a sweep over France, during which he shot down two German bombers and strafed a train.

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Squadron Leader Thompson - Fighters at Dunkirk

Film & Sound, X003-1793

Squadron Leader Thompson describes engagements between his Hurricane squadron and Messerschmitt 109s, Messerschmitt 110s and Heinkel 111s over northern France and the English Channel during the evacuation from Dunkirk.

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Fighter Sweep - Wing Commander Gleed

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1891

Wing Commander Gleed describes a sweep by several squadrons of Spitfires over France, from take off to an engagement during which a German fighter is shot down.

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Polish Fighter Pilot - Flight Lieutenant Laprowski

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6359

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Laprowski describes a low level sortie flown by Hurricanes against a German airfield in northern France.

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