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Recto: Town and Country / Verso: Pilot, by Olga Lehmann, ink and gouache on paper, and gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-7553

Puchased from the Boundary Gallery, 2000.

Verso: Pilot by Olga Lehmann, gouache on paper. Profile head and bust image of pilot with various Blackburn Rock aircraft illustrated around him. Illustration for a magazine.., RAF Museum

Sir Arthur Harris: Home movie material: Reel two

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8114/002

Amateur film taken by Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur Harris during the 1950s, featuring scenes of children playing, a horse-drawn carriage, a dam, a swimming pool and a wedding.

Image pending

Coronation Procession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-6072

Film in which the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II is seen leaving Buckingham Palace and proceeding along the Mall and through Admiralty Arch, accompanied by British and Commonwealth personnel.

Image pending

Charles Brown's First Sale, 1911

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/174/10

Charles Brown used a camera to photograph a balloon which came down in Southfields, London, in 1911. When he offered the photograph to the Daily Mirror he was paid half a guinea for the photograph and offered a job when he left school.

A crowd looking at a balloon hanging from a roof, Royal Air Force Museum / RAF Museum

Aircraft recognition training - Victor

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC96/13

Aircraft recognition training film on the Handley Page Victor bomber aircraft. The prototype Victor is seen in the air and on the ground and the aircraft’s recognition features are highlighted.

Image pending

The Great London to Manchester aerial race, 1910

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/26

Film in which Claude Grahame White and Louis Paulhan are seen competing in the 1910 London to Manchester air race. The two competitors depart from Wormwood Scrubs and Hendon respectively.

Image pending

Amateur colour film: 1930s

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC91/2

Amateur film shows aircraft at the 1936 RAF Display at Hendon, the 1937 coronation parade and naval review, a pre-war visit to Germany and scenes at the RAF College, Cranwell.

Image pending

Battle of Britain London Monument

Library, In Storage, X004-1677

Battle of Britain London Monument leaflet produced by the Battle of Britain Historical Society to generate interest and support for a London monument to the Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain London Monument | X004-1677

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.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant James Grant Meiklejohn, 28 April 1996

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3344

James Meiklejohn trained as a pilot in Spitfires, Mustangs and gliders during the Second World War. He explains how, due to the end of the war, he didn’t fly operationally.

Image pending