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Recorded interview with Sergeant Frederick Victor Bashford, 21 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4772

Vic Bashford served as an RAF electrician during the Second World War, including participation in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and 151 Wing’s deployment to Russia in 1941.

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VE Day Thank God.....And now mine’s a pint!!!

Archives, In Storage, X005-4895/001

Serving in the Royal Air Force as a pilot at the time, Flight Lieutenant Chance recorded his reaction to Victory in Europe in his flying logbook.

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Flying Officer Simmons - Liberator plane

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6374

Recording in which Flying Officer Simmons, a navigator, describes the first flight of a Consolidated Liberator from North America to the United Kingdom.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Ivor Llewellyn Jules Robinson, 3 August 2006

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6758

Squadron Leader Ivor Robinson trained as an apprentice at Halton and served at sea in Royal Navy aircraft carriers. He later served in the Far East and with the V-force.

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Recordings relating to the 1944 Warsaw Rising and the restoration of Spitfire MA793

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/68

Three South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) recordings: on the Warsaw Rising; a talk on the Warsaw Rising given by a veteran; a report on the rebuilding of a Spitfire.

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