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Bedford OXC Tractor

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1957-AUG 1972, London, Hangar Five, 72/V/1399

The Bedford OXC tractor was developed with the assistance of Scammell, pioneers in the development of articulated lorries, now used extensively for transporting goods by road. The Bedford was one of two tractors used with an articulated aircraft recovery trailer, commonly known as a Queen Mary (after the ship of the same name).

Incomplete aircraft with wings and cockpit glass missing, sitting on top of a trailer, © RAF Museum

Blackburn Buccaneer S.1, Cockpit Section

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1963-1995, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1995/1002/A

Designed as a low-level maritime strike aircraft, the Blackburn Buccaneer was first used by the Royal Navy.

Blackburn Buccaneer S1 nose-section on display in the National Cold War Exhibition Cosford., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Wing Commander William Reo Carr, 20 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6796

Bob Carr completed his RAF national service as a storeman, specialising in explosives, before continuing to serve in the RAF supply branch at various locations in the UK and abroad.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Geoff Supple, 24 February 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7375

Interview with Geoff Supple, who served as an RAF aircraft instrument mechanic working on Vulcan bomber aircraft with 101 Squadron at RAF Waddington and Chipmunk training aircraft at RAF Bicester.

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Flying log books of Group Captain Oliver Campbell Bryson, 1916-1937

Archives, In Storage, AC97/93/13

Five pilot's flying log books, bound into one volume of Group Captain Oliver Campbell Bryson. Bryson has quite a remarkable military career. Bryson was wounded in cavalry charge of the Dorset Yeomanry at Agagia in February 1916. After recuperating from his wounds he transferred to the RFC and began pilot training, gaining his Royal Aero Club Certificate in December 1916.

Small book with manuscript additions, Crown