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Group Captain Fred Knudsen interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Knudsen, Frederick Oscar Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O33094 ) Knudsen, Frederick (Group Captain)S01676
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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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Harold John Alfred Wright, as a Flying Officer, Bomber Command and Pathfinder Force RAF and RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Wright, Harold John Alfred Wright, Harold John Alfred
Discussing enlistment in Royal Australian Air Force; pilot training at Bradfield Park; transfer to navigational training; Empire Air Training Scheme and training courses at Edmonton and Lethbridge, Ca...S00582
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410158 Horace Mervyn Hall as a sergeant, pilot, Royal Australian Air Force, Second World War [recorded letter]
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Maker: Hall, Horace Mervyn
Horace Mervyn Hall records a letter to his family in Australia during a period of leave in the United States in transit to the United Kingdom. The recording was made possible by The Massachusetts Conf...S00071
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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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"How Recordings were made and Despatched during the Libyan Campaign". Narrated by Lawrence H. Cecil and introduced by Chester Wilmot
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Maker: Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester) ABC Field Unit Cecil, Lawrence H
Chester Wilmot introduces the segment describing how recordings are conducted in the field by the ABC: writing a script and then producing the recording in the desert. The unit's "CO", ABC producer La...S01999
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Interview with Air Commodore James Alexander OBE, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1929-1957, by David Wilson
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Maker: Alexander, James
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04776
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James Brian Condon as a leading aircraftman crew chief Nos 36 and 38 Squadrons RAAF, New Guinea 1942-1946, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Condon, James Brian Dickson, Kevin Alexander
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03857
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Jean May James as a Corporal, 1 Recruiting Centre RAAF, Melbourne 1942-1944, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: James, Jean May Dickson, Kevin Alexander
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03850
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John Harrison, RAAF Public Relations photographer, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas Connell, Daniel
RAAF Public Relations, photography, aerial photographyS01054
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John James Wherry as a Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force and Prisoner of War, 1942-1945, interviewed by Aaron Pegram
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Maker: Wherry, John James Pegram, Aaron
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04774
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John James Wherry as a Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force and Prisoner of War,1942-1945, interviewed by Aaron Pegram
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Maker: Wherry, John James Pegram, Aaron
John Wherry served with 90 Squadron RAF, 196 Squadron RAF and was a Prisoner of the Germans held at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further inform...S04852
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John Sims Archer as a flight lieutenant No 75 Squadron RAAF, New Guinea and Morotai 1941-1948, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Archer, John Sims Dickson, Kevin Alexander Archer, John Sims
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03849
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Kathleen Harrigan as a transport driver, Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF), 1942-1945, interviewed by Edie Swift
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Maker: Harrigan, Kathleen May Swift, Edith Steel
Kathleen Harrigan joined the WAAAF in 1942. She was posted to Bradfield Park in Sydney for training and then to Bundaburg, Queensland as a transport driver and later to Townsville.S05161
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Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Gray, Kenneth Douglas Stokes, Edward
Discussing enlistment; air force training; training in Rhodesia; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Air Force (RAF), training at Lichfield, England; training on Wellington planes; Bomber Command...S00539
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Len Henderson, Dudley Thrift, William 'Billy' Griffin, Frederick Darmody, Harold Howes and Stanley Williams interviewed by Louise Darmody regarding the events of 8 August 1942 when RAAF Short S23 Empire Flying Boat A18-11 crashed and sank whilst attempting to rescue survivors of a Japanese submarine attack on the MV Mamutu
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Maker: Darmody, Louise
MV Mamutu was near Daru, New Guinea on 7 August 1942 when the vessel was shelled by Japanese submarine RO-33 and sank with the loss of 114 lives. Empire Flying Boat A18-11 was deployed on 8 August 194...S05254
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Lewis David Leicester, pilot and Pathfinder, Royal Australian Air Force, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Leicester, Lewis David
Discusses Returned Services League (RSL); enlistment; training; Bomber Command; Pathfinders; training; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); aircraft Halifax bombers; RAAF; Royal Air Force (RAF); stress;...S00524
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Noel Anthony Carey as a corporal 2/3rd Independent Company later 2/3rd Australian Commando Squadron, South West Pacific Area 1942-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Carey, Noel Anthony Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses prewar education, family, employment, economic depression; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) enlistment; militia (chokos); 9 Field Regiment, Sydney University Regiment; artillery 18 pounders...S01772
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(O31; 10) Jones, George (Air Marshal)
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Maker: Jones, George Thomson, Joyce Aubrey
Air Marshal Sir George Jones KBE CB DFC (Rtd) as Director of Training, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1940-1942 and Chief of the Air Staff Royal Australian Air Force, 1942-1952, interviewed by Joy...S00164
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O16231 (414828) Rackley, Lionel Norman (Flying Officer) DFC
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Maker: Rackley, Lionel Norman
Lionel Rackley DFC interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service as a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot flying Lancasters with Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Second World WarS01663