Accession Number | S02872 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 2 hr 14 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; EMTEC SM 911; 7 1/2 ips/19 cm.s; stereo; 10 inch NAB |
Maker |
Fleming, William George Rennie Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny |
Date made | 17 April 2003 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Lieutenant Colonel William George Rennie Fleming (Rtd) as an Australian Army lieutenant pilot 656th Air Observation Post/Light Liaison Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF), Malaya 1956-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Fleming speaks of his service background prior to posting to Malaya - RMC Duntroon including flying training; National Service training and the Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) induction course including air dispatch training; awareness of the Malayan Emergency with excitement at the prospect of operational service so soon after being commissioned; the hazards of air dispatch work with the British Army 55th Air Dispatch Company in Malaya; British Army man-management; 656th Squadron's aircraft, aero engines, communications, navigation aids; aircraft endurance; practical applications of unit roles; helicopter limitations; pilot standards and training/familiarisation on arrival; instrument and night flying; aircrew medical examinations; the lack of communist terrorist (CT) ground fire against light aircraft; the display of CT intelligence in flight operations rooms and the exchange of intelligence with supported formations and units; signals intelligence in locating CT camps and the employment of air strikes on locations; the aircraft location reporting system, selection of landing strips; the use of area of operations (AO) boundaries; avoidance of air strikes and high trajectory fire; first- and last-light reconnaissance; a difficult situation experienced - partial engine failure on take off; working relationships with other elements in the Emergency - armed forces, police and the European civilian community; circumstances of strain imposed by the operational environment; lack of ground detail in certain maps still subject of completing mapping survey.
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Lieutenant Colonel William George Rennie Fleming (Rtd) as an Australian Army lieutenant pilot 656th Air Observation Post/Light Liaison Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF), Malaya 1956-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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