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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader John Plenty, 6 August 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/011

Interview with John Plenty, who served as a Chinook pilot, flight commander and squadron second-in-command of 27 Squadron. He remembers operations around Whaley Bridge Dam and during the Covid pandemic.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Gary Rogan, 1 March 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5700

Interview with Gary Rogan, who served as an RAF helicopter crewman in Chinook and Puma helicopters, including service during the 1982 Falklands War with 18 Squadron in Chinook Bravo November.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander David Bolsover, 2 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4766

Interview with David Bolsover, who served as a pilot in Puma helicopters in the UK and Germany before converting to Buccaneer and Tornado aircraft. He also commanded the Red Arrows.

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Recorded interview with Air Specialist (Class 1) Alex Anderson, 5 December 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7391

Alex Anderson served as an RAF logistics supplier in the Supply, Control and Accounts Flight at RAF Odiham. He explains his own background of neurodiversity and discusses various associated points.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer Arthur Taylor, 9 May 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6744

Arthur Taylor served as an RAF ground wireless operator and fitter during and after the Second World War. He fought in France in 1940 and was safely evacuated from Dunkirk.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Vince Williams, 26 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4832

Vince Williams was an airframe fitter on Javelin, Jet Provost, Vulcan, Hercules, VC10 and Belvedere aircraft in the UK, Borneo and Singapore. He also flew as a crewman in Belvederes.

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De Havilland 16mm reduction, can 100A - De Havilland diary, 1946-1949

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/184

Film on the work of the de Havilland Aircraft Company during the late 1940s, including D.H.108 experimental aircraft, Vampire fighter aircraft, aircraft carrier deck landings and the prototype Comet airliner.

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RAF Eastcote collection - Rehearsal at RAF Odiham for Coventry Cathedral, 1962

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/120

A Bristol Belvedere helicopter rehearses for the placing of the spire on the new Coventry cathedral. The helicopter lifts a mock-up of the spire and places it on the airfield.

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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Baz Donnelly, 14 July 2021 {cg}

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/018

Interview with Baz Donnelly, who served as a crewman in RAF Chinook helicopters. His experience includes operations in Afghanistan, including casualty evacuation, and in support of French forces in Mali.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Peter Jack, 24 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/001

Peter Jack served with 18 Squadron during the 1982 Falklands War and survived the sinking of the requisitioned cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor, together with three of 18 Squadron’s Chinook helicopters.

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