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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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Bombing of a U-Boat by the Captain of a Coastal Command aircraft (Squadron Leader Gibson)

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-1791

Squadron Leader Gibson describes the sinking of a U-Boat and a 17 year old girl gives an account of one of the first air raids on the United Kingdom.

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Bombing enemy convoy off Norway - Pilot Officer Leboulder and Flying Officer Passmore; interviewed by John Byrd

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1847

Pilot Officer Leboulder and Flying Officer Passmore describe an attack on a German convoy off the coast of Norway, during which their aeroplane was hit and damaged.

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Attack on enemy shipping - Sergeants Mosley and Garcia

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1846

Sergeants Mosley and Garcia, the pilot and gunner of a Hudson, describe a low-level attack on shipping off the coast of Norway, including aircraft damage and crew injuries.

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Flying Officer Cundy - Adventures of a Liberator

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1851

Flying Officer Cundy describes an 11 hour patrol in a Liberator, during which he engaged two Heinkel floatplanes and attacked a surface ship in company with a surfaced U-Boat.

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Flying Officer Coker - rescue from a Portuguese ship

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1855

Flying Officer Coker explains how he was forced to ditch his Hudson in the sea near a Portuguese merchant ship. The crew were then transferred to a Royal Navy destroyer.

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Flight Lieutenant Bulloch - Encounter between Liberator bomber, German submarines and three Condors

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1831

Recording in which the pilot of a Coastal Command Liberator describes engagements with Focke-Wulf Condors and a U-Boat during convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.

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Pilot Officer E W Tate - bombing of an escort vessel by a Lockheed Hudson

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1829

Recording in which an RAF pilot tells the story of a Hudson’s attack on a small German warship.

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Recording of interviews with Mr Leslie Kemp and Mr R.B. Brigham, 13 November 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/24

Interviews with Leslie Kemp, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and Fleet Air Arm, and R.B. Brigham, who was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.

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Nimrod MRA4 First Delivery Medallion, 2010

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2010, London, Hangar Six, X006-8838

This medallion was produced to mark the delivery of the first Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol aircraft in 2010. The project had cost over £3 billion pounds and was over a decade late in delivery, however, there were still concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness and in 2010 the project was cancelled and all the the airframes scrapped.

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