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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ian Shiells, 27 February 2026

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9937

Ian Shiells trained as a workshop technician before commissioning as an officer. As a navigator he flew in Phantom aircraft, Puma helicopters, Hercules transport aircraft and Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Harry Apiafi, 20 November 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9918

Harry Apiafi gives an account of his RAF career, initially as an aircraft electrician before becoming a pilot in Hercules transport aircraft with 47 Squadron and on weather reconnaissance operations.

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1312 Flight Crew 63 MPA September 1988 to January 1989

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6774

Film taken at RAF Mount Pleasant and in flight around the Falkland Islands shows the crew of a Hercules transport aircraft on the ground and in flight during air-to-air refuelling.

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Welcome to Goose Bay

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-3842

Information video on the airbase at Goose Bay in Canada, including detail on the location, operations, facilities and other useful guidance for RAF personnel before arriving for a new posting.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Roy Martin, 25 February 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9911

Roy Martin describes his RAF service as a radio fitter, working on Javelin, Hunter, Beverley, Pioneer and Twin Pioneer aircraft. He also remembers his long-standing involvement with the RAF Museum.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Kevin Bazeley, 6 September 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9909

Kevin Bazeley served as a navigator in VC10 transport aircraft and in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, before being discharged from the RAF when his superiors discovered that he was gay.

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Recorded interview with Air Vice Marshal Malcolm Brecht, 20 November 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7430

Malcolm Brecht flew HS125, HS146 and Tristar aircraft on transport operations. He went on to be the first commanding officer of 99 Squadron as it reformed with C-17 transport aircraft.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8183

Film documenting a flight made by RAF Hercules transport aircraft from Christchurch, New Zealand, to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Various views show Antarctic landscape and Hercules on the ground.

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Compilation of Second World War German aircraft footage, 1930s-1940s, reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8110/001

Film consisting of several short clips showing a number of Second World War German fighter, bomber and transport aircraft, flying boats and gliders in the air and on the ground.

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Khana Cascade

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3691

Film on the RAF’s involvement in famine relief operations in Nepal in 1973. Hercules transport aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground and logistics support is illustrated.

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