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RAFM Sunderland 5 ML824 - move from Pembroke Dock to RAF Museum and subsequent re-assembly

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/409

Film in which a Sunderland flying boat is moved in sections by road across London to the RAF Museum at Hendon, and reassembled by RAF personnel of 71 Maintenance Unit.

Image pending

RAF Museum Short Sunderland flying boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/68

Film in which RAF personnel, assisted by a crane, complete the assembly of a Short Sunderland flying boat and tow it to a new position at the RAF Museum, Hendon.

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Southampton flying boats - Far East Flight, 1928

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3285

Supermarine Southampton flying boats appear in air-to-air footage during a flight to Australia and on water during stops in the journey. Views of Australian people and landscape are also featured.

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Amateur footage relating to RAF operations in Singapore, circa 1957

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6768

Amateur film taken in and around Singapore shows everyday life scenes, Meteor and Pembroke aircraft on the ground and Sunderland flying boats on the water, on shore and in flight.

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Short Sunderland MR.5 (NS-D) of 201 Squadron delivering supplies during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949

Photographs, In Storage, P031129

The Berlin Airlift was the first major confrontation between the East and the West during the Cold War. It was known as Operation 'Plainfare' by the British and Operation 'Vittles' by the Americans.

A Sunderland flying boat on a lake in Berlin, © Crown

Short Sunderland Mk. V (VB887 4X-X) of 230 Squadron on Lake Havel during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Photographs, In Storage, P021269

This photograph shows the first Sunderland flying boat to land on Lake Havel during the Berlin Airlift, the first major confrontation between the East and the West during the Cold War.

Black and white photograph of an RAF Sunderland flying boat on Lake Havel in West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift, RAF Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum

Sunderland Flying Boat in Hangar by John Nash, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1781

John Nash represented this Sunderland flying boat when he was commissioned through the War Artists' Advisory Committee to paint Admiralty subjects in the Second World War, as an Official War Artist.

Sunderland Flying Boat in Hangar by John Nash, oil on canvas, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Squadron Leader Birch - Sunderland pilot

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1968

Recording in which Squadron Leader Birch, an Australian Sunderland pilot, describes an engagement between his aeroplane and two Junkers 88s over the Atlantic.

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Flight Lieutenant Bocock (Calling Australia) - Rescue of a Sunderland crew

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1890

Recording in which Flight Lieutenant Bocock recalls how his Sunderland flying boat was forced to land in rough seas due to lack of fuel.

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Squadron Leader J.J. Thompson - Capture of a U-Boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6397

Recording in which Squadron Leader Thompson of 269 Squadron explains how he and his Hudson crew captured a German U-Boat (U-570) in the Atlantic on 27 August 1941.

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