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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
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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
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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.
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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 William Henry Simmonds AO (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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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)
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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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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
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Pilots waiting 77 Squadron, Kimpo, Korea
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian pilots from 77 Squadron RAAF, Kimpo in Korea, waiting to board their aircraft.ART40359
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Richard Cresswell DFC as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Cresswell speaks of his academic and military background including Second World War service in the South West Pacific area primarily as a fighter pilot; his role as Commanding Officer No 21 (Citizens ...S02686
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Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Guthrie speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his posting as a warrant officer in No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF and its operational role in Korea; the circumstances of hi...S02288
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Ron Guthrie as a pilot, No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn
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Maker: Guthrie, Ronald David Llewelyn, Kenneth
A video interview with Ron Guthrie conducted at the Australian War Memorial. Guthrie speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his posting in No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF an...F04889
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Royal Australian fighter squadron in Korean action
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Members of No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF leave their tent bivouac for morning tea. The men read mail and then work loading rockets and bombs on United States made P-51 fighters. The flight leader expl...F02406
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Squadron Leader Vincent Joseph O'Brien MBE (Ret'd) as a corporal airframe fitter No 77 Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Vincent O'Brien talks about his early training and service at the end of the Second World War; joining the Interim air Force on a two-year contract; training as a Fitter 2A (Airframe Fitter) prior to ...S02776
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Victor Leslie Baker as a Leading Aircraftsman engine fitter No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Victor Baker talks about his postings prior to No. 77 Squadron; the juxtaposition of Australian and Turkish graves at Pusan, Korea; an encounter with confederate state Americans at Taegu; tales of his...S02774
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Wing Commander Clarence Edward Barrington Wilson (Ret) as an airframe fitter No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Wilson talks about service as a Mustang fitter in 3 Squadron, Canberra in 1949; his reasons for joining the Air Force; being engaged; his sudden posting to 77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan in 1951; an airc...S02688