Australian War Memorial Conference

Air War Europe Program

8.30–9.00	Registration
9.00–9.30	Dr Alan Stephens Keynote address: First solo: air strategy in the Second World War
Life and death in Bomber Command
9.30–10.00	Don Charlwood The men of Bomber Command
10.00–10.30	Prof. Hank Nelson A different war: Australians in Bomber Command
10.30–11.00	Morning tea
Life and death in Bomber Command (continued)
11.00–11.30	Dr Chris Clark Empire Training Scheme
11.30–12.00	Dr Peter Stanley The roundel: concentric identities among Australian airmen in Bomber Command
12.00–12.30	Peter Burness “G for George”
12.30–1.45	Lunch
Special presentation
1.45	Garth Pratten Unit Profiles Project – Australian squadrons in the European air war
Aspects of Australia’s air war
2.00–2.30	Peggy West Secret Y Service
2.30–3.00	Peter Scully Australians and the Mediterranean air war
3.00–3.30	Afternoon tea
“Ops”: Australians in the air war
3.30–4.00	Ian Hodges At the tip of the javelin: the Dam Busters’ raid
4.00–4.30	Dr Daniel Oakman The battle of Berlin
Panel discussion and open forum
4.30–5.30	Air War Europe