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A11060 Corporal Kevin Patrick Melican, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1951-1952, interviewed by Bill Bunbury, about his service with the RAAF during the Korean War.
Sound
Maker: Melican, Kevin Patrick
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01916
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Aircraft pilot, 77 Squadron RAAF, Korea
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Figure of an Australian aircraft pilot from 77 Squadron RAAF, in full gear, including oxygen mask.ART40354
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Air Marshal John William Newham AC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Jake Newham talks about his early working life and his difficult path to being accepted for RAAF flying training; his training prior to being posted to Iwakuni, Japan for his conversion on to Meteors;...S02792
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Air Vice Marshal Billie Hicks Collings AO AFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
Sound
Maker: Collings, Billie Hicks Clark, Christopher D Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Billie Collings talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF; flying training and his being posted to No.77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan.; the inadequacies of flying training at the time; Air Force attitude tow...S02783
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Air Vice Marshal Bill Simmonds interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Sound
Maker: Simmonds, William Henry Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Burton, Neill
Commenced RAAF College in 1948; first flight in Tiger Moth June 1950; presentation of wings by Sir Robert Menzies; 75 and 76 Squadrons; service in Korea; shooting down of Mig; return to Perth; posting...S01214
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Air Vice Marshal Fred Barnes interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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(O33196) Barnes, Fredrick William (Air Vice Marshal)S01674
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Air Vice Marshal Raymond Edward Trebilco interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
Sound
Maker: Trebilco, Raymond Edward Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O33260) Trebilco, Raymond Edward DFC (Air Vice Marshal)S01675
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Air Vice Marshal William Henry Simmonds AO (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Air Vice Marshal Simmonds talks about the lack of relevance of basic flying training to combat mission flying in Korea; being posted to 78 Wing, RAAF Base Williamtown after graduation from Point Cook;...S02689
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Australia at war in Korea (Cinesound News No. 983)
Film
Maker: Thompson, Geoffrey Whiteman, Bede Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950 covering operations of No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Item opens with shots of the two cameramen, G. Thompson and B. Whiteman. Scenes of No. 77 Squadron RAAF at Iwakuni Southern H...F01991
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Australian War Memorial Korean War Oral History Project, 2001-2002
Private Record
Maker: Chinn, David Alexander Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance
Collection of background papers compiled by David Chinn, of the Australian War Memorial Oral History Program, 2001-2002. The background papers were submitted by interviewees from the Korean War: Briga...PR04036
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Battle in Korea (Cinesound News No. 986)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950. Coverage of the Communist advance on Taegu. Shows fleeing civilians and South Korean troops. USAF spotter aircraft Cessnas and Texans. Pilots at Taegu. P-51 Mustangs arm...F01993
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Bennett, William Robert (O12289, Flight Lieutenant, RAAF)
Manuscript
Maker: Bennett, William Robert
Untitled memoir by William Robert Bennett relating to his experiences during the Second World War, the post-war period, and service in Korea. Some of the author's recollections of serving during the S...MSS1952
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Centurion tank
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
In his capacity as Official War Artist in Korea, Ivor Hele was 'requested to paint the men and machines of 77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force in Kimpo. This work shows Australian soldiers stripp...ART40305
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Chief of General Staff visit to Japan & Korea DPR/S/4
Film
Maker: Lee, Douglas Herbert
General coverage of visit of Chief of General Staff 35 (VX3) Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sydney Faibairn Rowell CB CBE to Australian service establishments in Japan and Korea in May 1952. While in Kor...F07528
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Clipping on ammunition belts
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts crewmen from the 77th Squadron RAAF, Kimpo, Korea, clipping on ammunition belts.ART40336
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Derwent 8 Aero Engine
Technology
Maker: Rolls Royce
Derwent Mk 8 Centrifugal flow jet engine from a Gloster Meteor jet fighter. The engine is missing one of its upper starboard combustion chambers.REL/12328.001
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Drummond, Vance (Pilot Officer, b.1927 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Drummond, Vance
Collection relating to the Korean War service of O33624 Wing Commander Drummond, RAAF, Japan and Korea, 1951-1953. Wallet 1 of 2 - contains letters from Drummond written in Korea prior to being repor...PR01371
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Drummond, Vance (Wing Commander, DFC, AFC, 77 Sqn RAAF and 9th Tactical Air Support Sqn, USAF b.1925 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Drummond, Vance
Certificates and citations for the United States Air Medal, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross (posthumously) and South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and other material related to same.PR85/358
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Drummond, Vance (Wing Commander, DFC, AFC, 77 Sqn RAAF, b.1925 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Drummond, Vance
Discharge certificates from the New Zealand Military Forces, certification of the United States Air Medal and commission to the Royal Australian Air Force.PR85/365
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Group Captain Douglas Charles Hurst DFC (Rtd) as a flight lieutenant flight commander No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Hurst speaks of his enlistment in the RAAF and experience of the Second World War in the South West Pacific Area; post- Second World War RAAF service including de Havilland Vampire jet-conversion trai...S02657