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The story of Pat Thornton Brown as told to Sir Ken Adam by his widow, Betty Mulcahy.

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6723

Betty Mulcahy remembers how her husband, Typhoon pilot Squadron Leader Patrick Thornton-Brown, was shot down and killed. She remembers being told of his death and her life after his loss.

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Recording of a lecture on black Second World War pilots given at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, part one, 1 October 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/52

Lecture given by General Benjamin Davis, Alfred ‘Chief’ Anderson and Lee A. Archer at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, on the achievements of black American pilots.

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P-51 Mustang Drop Tank

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 79/A/1515

As USAAF Bomber losses mounted during 1943 it became essential to increase the range of escorting fighters. Disposable fuel tanks mounted under the wings or belly of an aircraft gave extra range. The fuel in these disposable tanks was used early in the flight to enable them to be dropped when empty. This was one of a pair of steel tanks that could be fitted under the wing of a P-51 Mustang.

Ovoid metal container, light grey, large are of red-brown spot rusting, Iain Duncan