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RAF Eastcote collection - Operation Mayflight and Operation Matador, 1961

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/89

Film in which Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor bomber aircraft and Gloster Javelin and English Electric Lightning fighter aircraft are seen parked on the ground, taxiing and on take-off.

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RAF Eastcote Collection - Blue Steel maintenance and handling, reel 1, circa 1965

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/132/1

Film in which Blue Steel missiles are seen in a building and RAF personnel work on electronic components. Blue Steels are also seen being moved by hoist and transporter vehicle.

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RAF Eastcote Collection - Secretary of State's visit to RAF Wittering, 1964

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/253

Film in which Handley Page Victor and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft and Blue Steel missiles are seen on the ground. Hugh Fraser, Secretary of State for Air, meets the aircrew.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader James Vinales, 20 April 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4784

Recorded interview with Jim Vinales, who served as a navigator in Canberra, Vulcan and Buccaneer aircraft, including participation in Operation Black Buck from Ascension Island during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 4

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/004

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows curling and deep snow around buildings. Several CF-100 Canuck fighter aircraft and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft are seen on the ground.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/001

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF and US Air Force aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor bombers.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/002

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF, US Air Force and Canadian aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Vulcan, Victor and Valiant bomber aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Richard Kharegat, 30 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3306

Recorded interview with Dick Kharegat, who served as a pilot in Canberra, Vulcan and Victor bomber aircraft, and in B-52 bombers during an exchange tour with the US Air Force.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arnold Pownall Lewis Greethurst, 23 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3304

Arnold ‘Al’ Greethurst served as a navigator in Lancaster, Lincoln, Mosquito, Brigand, Canberra and Vulcan aircraft during the earlier part of the Cold War, including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Ivor Llewellyn Jules Robinson, 3 August 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6758

Squadron Leader Ivor Robinson trained as an apprentice at Halton and served at sea in Royal Navy aircraft carriers. He later served in the Far East and with the V-force.

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