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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 Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1921-1946, in an interview with Frank Marshall
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Maker: Wrigley, Henry Neilson
Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1921-1946, in an interview with Frank MarshallS00416
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Air Vice Marshal Robert Bruce Treloar AO (Rtd) as a Pilot Officer, pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn
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Maker: Treloar, Robert Bruce Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Air Vice Marshal Robert Bruce Treloar AO (Rtd) as a Pilot Officer, pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken LlewelynS03223
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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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Arthur William Doubleday, as a Squadron Leader, interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field about his service in 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
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Maker: Doubleday, Arthur William Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie)
Speaks of his pre-war life; enlisted in RAAF in November 1940 aged twenty seven; training in Australia and Canada; December 1944 posted as acting commanding officer 27 OTU; attended Staff College in U...S01276
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Captain Alexander Hughie Gordon LVO DFC RAN (Rtd) on observer duties 817 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Alexander Gordon talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF in 1942 and his training as an observer [navigator/bomb aimer]; being sent to Burma in 1944 and flying transport operations in Dakotas there; fl...S02778
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Captain Digby Charles Johns RAN (Rtd) on pilot duties 808 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Digby Johns talks about his service in the RAF during the last two years of the Second World War; joining the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and initial training; service aboard HMAS Bataan; return to th...S02690
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Commander Brian Gregory O'Connell RAN (Ret'd) as a lieutenant observer, 817 Squadron, Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Brian O'Connell talks about: service in the Second World War, first in the Army and then as aircrew in the RAAF; his aircrew training through to being part of a Lancaster crew; being shot down on his ...S02801
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Commodore Norman Ernest Lee RAN (Ret'd) as a sub-lieutenant on pilot duties No 817 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Ben Evans
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Maker: Preston, Lenny
Lee speaks of his service background and experience as well as training; joining No 817 Squadron 21 Carrier Air Group Nowra; his deployment to Korea with the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney; Sydney Carri...S02293
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Frederick Anthony Owen (Tony) Gaze DFC as a RAAF pilot officer, later squadron leader pilot various RAF fighter squadrons, North West Europe 1941-1945, interviewed by Lex McAulay
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Maker: Gaze, Frederick Anthony Owen (Tony) McAulay, Alexander Hugh
Frederick Anthony Owen (Tony) Gaze DFC as a RAAF pilot officer, later squadron leader pilot various RAF fighter squadrons, North West Europe 1941-1945, interviewed by Lex McAulay. Gaze discusses his d...S00478
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Frederick Anthony Owen (Tony) Gaze DFC as a RAAF pilot officer, later squadron leader pilot various RAF fighter squadrons, North West Europe 1941-1945, interviewed by Lex McAulay
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Maker: Gaze, Frederick Anthony Owen (Tony) McAulay, Alexander Hugh
Frederick Anthony Owen (Tony) Gaze DFC as a RAAF pilot officer, later squadron leader pilot various RAF fighter squadrons, North West Europe 1941-1945, interviewed for a second time by Lex McAulay. Th...S00479
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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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Group Captain John Brook Hampshire DFC (Rtd) as a pilot in RAAF and USAAF bomber operations, South West Pacific Area 1943-1945, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Hampshire, John Brook Hampshire, John Brook
Hampshire speaks of his RAAF flying experience from enlistment to 1942; operational experience as a bomber pilot with No 6 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF on Lockheed Hudsons with 43rd Operational Group USAAF ...S00486
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Howard Charles Lester as a RAAF pilot officer pilot No 185 (Fighter) Squadron RAF, Malta 1942, as related by Ella Lester, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Lester, Ella Lester, Ella
Howard Charles Lester as a RAAF pilot officer pilot No 185 (Fighter) Squadron RAF, Malta 1942.S00487
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Hugh Alexander Waters Griffiths as a member No 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC), France in the First World War, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res).
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Maker: Griffiths, Hugh Alexander Waters Llewelyn, Kenneth Llewelyn, Kenneth
Hugh Griffiths discusses his work as a wireless operator in the AFC during the First World War and his work for the RAN during the Second World War.S01644
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James Ernest Parsons as an aircraft armaments fitter Fleet Air Arm HMAS Sydney, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Jim Parsons talks about his recruitment in Western Australian 1949; the trip to HMAS Flinders for basic training; ordnance training at HMAS Albatross, Nowra; his posting to No. 805 Squadron, then 20th...S02779
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Kevin James Biltoff as a flight sergeant navigator Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Bomber Command Royal Air Force (RAF), North West Europe in the Second World War, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Biltoff, Kevin James Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses prewar education; Legacy; sport; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) enlistment; navigator training; leave; Australian Imperial Force (AIF) RAAF relations; embarkation; SS Queen Elizabeth; wea...S01771
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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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Maker: Fleming, William George Rennie Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
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 co...S02872