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Nothing to do with me

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2281

Film in which real-life incidents in which RAF ground personnel averted an accident are dramatized in order to emphasise that all RAF personnel have responsibility for the safety of aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Matthew Olssen, 12 December 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7428

Matthew Olsson served as a reservist paramedic with 612 Squadron and deployed to Afghanistan with the Medical Emergency Response Team, working on the air evacuation of seriously injured battlefield casualties.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Craig Wilson, 30 October 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7429

Craig Wilson served as an RAF Chinook helicopter pilot, including deployments to the Falkland Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. He describes his experience of operations in these locations, including casualty evacuation.

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Rescue Nine Zero

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2215

Dramatised film in which a Sea King search and rescue helicopter of 202 Squadron participates in a training exercise and is diverted to rescue the crew of a burning ship.

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Side view of Paul Cornu Helicopter, 13 November 1907

Photographs, In Storage, PC73/37/9

The Paul Cornu helicopter hovered briefly on 13 November 1908. This is believed to be the first proper helicopter flight.

A man sitting in a primitive helicopter, RAF Museum

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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First flights W.6, October 1939

Film & Sound, FC97/164

Film in which a Weir W.6 experimental prototype twin-rotor helicopter is seen on the ground and in several different sequences as it hovers and manoeuvres very low over the airfield.

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Aircraft Recognition Chart: Sycamore HC Mk.11

Library, JUL 1951, In Storage, X004-7333

Aircraft recognition poster of a Bristol Sycamore. Air Diagram number AD5229, issue 1, sheet 1, July 1951.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

Speed with Accuracy

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/550

Film illustrating the operation of the RAF’s networked computer supply system, centred on RAF Hendon. The system supports a famine relief operation and the maintenance of a Hercules transport aircraft.

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RAF Supply

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/543

Film illustrating the process through which a new part is ordered for an unserviceable Puma helicopter. The operation of the RAF’s computer supply system, centred on RAF Hendon, is illustrated.

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