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Recorded interview with Sergeant Jeff Elliott, 27 July 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7349

Jeff Elliott served with the British Army and alongside the RAF in 63 Parachute Squadron, 47 Air Despatch Regiment and the Joint Helicopter Support Unit, including the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Nicola Sinclair, 22 February 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5699

Nicola Sinclair served as an RAF intelligence officer in various locations, including Afghanistan. While serving with the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office she worked on the development of synthetic aircraft fuel.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Andy Carrodus, 29 April 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5667

Interview with Andy Carrodus, who served as an RAF Puma helicopter pilot and flying instructor during the 1990s and 2000s. He remembers operations in Northern Ireland, Belize and the Balkans.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Mick McConnell, 16 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/002

Interview with Mick McConnell, who served as an RAF Police dog handler in Afghanistan. He was caught in the explosion of an improvised explosive device and evacuated to the UK.

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Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Bob Pountney, 28 April 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5666

Bob Pountney served as an air quartermaster in Britannia transport aircraft and a winchman in Whirlwind, Wessex and Sea King helicopters. He describes various aspects of search and rescue operations.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Mike Beech, 25 March 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7333

Mike Beech served as an RAF Harrier pilot in Germany during the 1970s and 1980s, including deployment to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant David Lloyd, 1 August 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7350

Interview with David Lloyd, who served as an aircraft communications technician on various aircraft types, including Canberra bombers, Beverley transport aircraft, Lightning fighters, Victor tanker aircraft and helicopters, including Chinooks.

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Recorded interview with Terry McDermott, 15 June 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5675/001

Interview with Terry McDermott, who was Chief Fire Officer, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, at the time of operations involving an RAF Chinook helicopter around Whaley Bridge Dam in 2019.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Clive Arnold, 25 May 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7343/004

Clive Arnold 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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Recorded interview with Corporal Bob Kenton, 4 October 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5682

Bob Kenton was an RAF carpenter during the 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Falkland Islands in 1983 and explains how a shipping container was converted into a chapel.

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