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Missile Launching Equipment, Meillerwagen 4 x 2, V-2

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1946, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1988/0027/O

Three axle rocket transporter trailer with hydraulic lift for erecting rocket for launching. Painted overall dark green.

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Strabokran (Mobile Gantry Crane)

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1946, In Storage, 1988/0151/O

This crane was captured at the end of the War, and may have been used in British tests of German rockets as part of Operation Backfire.

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Target folder, operation number GN. 5062, Nieder-Sachswerfen, 1944-1945

Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/45

Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section giving details of the underground armaments factory near Nordhausen.

Target folder, operation number GN. 5062, Nieder-Sachswerfen, 1944-1945 | AC84/1/2/45, Crown

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant George Bainbridge Sledmere, 18 September 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3390

Recorded interview with George Sledmere, who served as a gunner in Bomber Command during the Second World War. He describes various aspects of bombing operations against Germany and occupied Europe.

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The German A.4 Rocket

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-9315

British film on the German A4 rocket, also known as the V2. The film illustrates and explains the V2’s construction and components, and the preparation of a rocket for launch.

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Wings of the Eagle, circa 1975

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC97/256

Film in which the fuselage of a Junkers Ju87 Stuka aircraft is unloaded from a trailer and the aircraft is reassembled in the car park of the RAF Museum, Hendon.

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Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 2nd Class Monty Zeid, 5 April 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/017

Recorded interview with Monty Zeid, who completed RAF national service as a tailor. He describes his work and wider experience of RAF service, including his involvement in the Berlin Airlift.

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