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  1. John cat’s eyes Cunningham on his time in RAF (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Maurice interviews Royal Air Force night fighter ace John Cunningham on the planes he flew in the RAF and the invention and use of radar in World War Two.

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  2. Victory’s Review of the Year 1981 (1982)

    1- Royal Wedding. 2- American hostages returned. Arrest of Peter Sutcliffe. Murder of parents by Andrew Alder near Chichester. 3- Cutbacks at Portsmouth Dockyard, 4 thousand jobs lost [60 percent of work...

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  3. The London interview (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    The London Interview, with Bob Holness. World War II fighter pilot John Cunningham tells how he ended up fighting at night. Cunningham describes being one of the first pilots to use radar and discusses the...

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  4. US Eagles recollect WW2 (1976)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    Christopher Hourmouzious tours the RAF Museum in Hendon, London with veteran pilots of the US Eagles squadrons that joined the RAF before the USA officially joined the war. They see Second World War aircraft...

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  5. Spitfire anniversary (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    RAF pilot, Paul Day, speaking on the 50th anniversary of the Spitfire aircraft, on the privilege of flying it in the flypast over London. He compares the experience to his day job of training fighter jet...

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  6. Biggin Hill airshow crash (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on a crash involving a Second World War Douglas Invader bomber at the 1980 Battle of Britain Air Day at Biggin Hill airfield. Seven people died in the accident including pilot Donald Bullock. Includes...

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  7. VJ day anniversary (1995)

    Genre
    News report

    Petroc Trelawny and serving Captain Phil Jackson are at the Mall in London for the VJ day 50th anniversary celebrations and report back to Roger ? in the studio. The veterans all parade to the sounds of...

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  8. Mount up the wings (1981)

    Genre
    Feature; Special

    Mount Up the Wings, a documentary in memory of the Battle of Britain and Britain during the Second World War. With interviews (ex-service personnel, not identified) and dramatised sections. Looks at the...

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  9. Pilot remembers William Leefe Robinson (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with 93 year-old former pilot, Tim Hervey, talking about First World War pilot Lieutenant - later Captain - William Leefe Robinson, who was only twenty when he shot down a Zeppelin in the skies...

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  10. Thomas Sopwith 100th birthday (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Tommy Sopwith, son of Sir Thomas Sopwith, inventor of the First World War fighter plane, the Camel who is 100 today. On some of his early racing flights in 1910/11; invention and construction...

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