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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.
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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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Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamarra KBE AO AFC AE (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1941-1984, in an interview with Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn.
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Maker: McNamara, Neville Patrick Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill Burton, Neill
Discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and gives a commentary on the history of the RAAF from the 1930's to 1993.S01198
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Air Commodore David Hitchins interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Hitchins, David Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O5836) Hitchins, David (Air Commodore)S01658
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Air Commodore James Alexander OBE, Royal Australian Air Force 1929-1957 [Memoir]
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Maker: Alexander, James
James Alexander records his memoirs, including his service in the RAAF from 1929-1957.S04777
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Air Commodore William Henry (Bill) Garing CBE DFC, US Distinguished Service Cross, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Garing, William Henry Stokes, Edward
(O326) Garing, William Henry (Air Commodore) discussing RAAF cadetship at Duntroon; flying training at Point Cook; posting to Pilotage and Navigation School at Andover, Britain; navigational courses i...S00586
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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)
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Maker: Trebilco, Raymond Edward Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O33260) Trebilco, Raymond Edward DFC (Air Vice Marshal)S01675
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Air Vice Marshal Russell Law interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Law, Russell Noel Llewelyn, Kenneth
Law, Russell (Air Vice Marshall)S01659
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(022127) Air Vice Marshal Selwyn David Evans AC DSO AFC (Ret'd) as a Wing Commander pilot, No. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1967-1968, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Air Vice Marshal Selwyn David Evans AC DSO AFC (Ret'd) as a Wing Commander pilot, No. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1967-1968, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary Jo...S01107
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Amy Gwendoline (Gwen) Caldwell (nee Stark) as a wing officer, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, 1941-1945, interviewed by Joyce Thomson
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Maker: Stark, Amy Gwendoline
Gwen Stark was one of the first women to be appointed to a position in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF). She earned her pilot's licence in 1938. In interview she discusses her invol...S00185
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Arthur Douglas Tucker, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Tucker, Arthur Douglas
Arthur Douglas Tucker, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. Conducted in June 1989 with Arthur Tucker, Flight Lieutena...S00701
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Arthur William Doubleday, as a Squadron Leader, Second World War, RAAF and RAF, interviewed by Ed Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Doubleday, Arthur William Stokes, Edward
(402945) Arthur William Doubleday, as a squadron leader Bomber Command, RAAF and RAF, interviewed by Ed Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Speaks of his ear...S00546
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Barry J Pedrana, Motor Transport Sergeant, 1 Operational Support Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Maker: Pedrana, Barry J McKay, Gary John
Barry J Pedrana, Motor Transport Sergeant, 1 Operational Support Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01121
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Bruce Webb, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bomber pilot, interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service during the Second World War
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Maker: Webb, Bruce William Llewelyn, Kenneth
(418216) Webb, Bruce William (Flying Officer)S01668
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Colonel John Arnold Warr DSO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Warr, John Arnold Chinn, David Alexander
Warr speaks of preparation for Vietnam; most/least significant operations; impressions of enemy forces; own troops strengths/weaknesses; the minefield and fence from Dat Do to Lang Phuoc Hai; signific...S00680
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(4129230) Dixon, Francis William (Flight Lieutenant)
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Maker: Dixon, Francis William
Francis William Dixon, Flight Lieutenant, Halifax Bomber pilot of 467 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Susan Green for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War...S00507
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Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
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Maker: Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Charlwood, Donald Ernest Cameron (Don)
Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, 103 Squadron Bomber Command RAAF and RAF, interviewed by Tim Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Discussing reasons for join...S00568
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Dr William (Bill) Stewart-Thomson, Wing Commander (ret), discusses his career in the RAF 1949 - 1968, including a period attached to RAAF, 1966-68, in an interview with Craig Tibbitts
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny Stewart-Thomson, William MacKenzie Tibbitts, Craig
Whilst attached to the RAAF in 1966-68, Dr Stewart-Thomson was involved with organising aeromedical evacuations of troops from Vietnam. He participated in the medevac of 48 serious casualties from Vun...S05422
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(400220) Falkiner, Fraser (Jum) (Flight Lieutenant)
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Maker: Falkiner, Fraser (Jum) Green, Susan
Jum Falkiner, Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfire pilot, interviewed by Susan Green for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00508
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Flight Lieutenant Harold Vincent Horner sends Christmas greetings home to his wife and family [Recorded Letter]
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Maker: Horner, Harold Vincent
Gramophone record of Christmas greetings from 406595 Flight Lieutenant Harold Vincent Horner addressed to Mrs F Horner of West Midland WA. Harold expresses how much he is looking forward to coming hom...S04854
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Flight Lieutenant Stuart Archbold discusses his service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War, in an interview with SKS Summers.
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Maker: Archbold, Stuart James South African Broadcasting Corporation
Stuart Archbold discusses his service in the RAAF in an interview conducted just prior to his return to Australia. Talks about anti-tank (tank busting) and anti-shipping bombing; serving in a squadron...S04540
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Flight Sergeant George Bromley, RAAF Gas Warfare Testing, interviewed by Ros Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Bromley, George
Flight Sergeant George Bromley, RAAF Gas Warfare Testing, interviewed by Ros Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00711
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Flying Officer James Rainsford, relays messages to his mother and other family members and recounts experiences while on leave at the New York Anzac Club, 5 June 1944. [recorded letter]
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Maker: Rainsford, James Arthur Samuel
A cardboard disc, made with the support of the GEM Razors and Blades company containing a recorded letter from Flying Officer James Rainsford to his mother and other family members. He recounts his ex...S05586
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George Gittoes as an artist with the Australian Peacekeeping Forces for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), and the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Sinai, Israel and Lebanon, 1994-1995, interviewed by Dr Peter Londey
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Londey, Peter
George Gittoes as an artist with the Australian Peacekeeping Forces for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), and the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Si...S01681
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George Livingston McKinnon as a corporal shift supervisor 4 Wireless Unit RAAF, Philippines 1942-1946, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: McKinnon, George Livingston Dickson, Kevin Alexander
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03845
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Gration, Ian Barrington (Barry) AO AFC (Air Marshal)
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Maker: Gration, Ian Barrington (Barry) Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Black, Wade
Air Marshal Ian Barrington (Barry) Gration AO DFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1953-1994 in an interview with Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn A transcript of th...S04425
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Group Captain Clive Caldwell, DSO, DFC & Bar, Polish Cross of Valour, interviewed by Susan Bogle about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1940-1946
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Maker: Caldwell, Clive Robertson Bogle, Susan
Group Captain Clive Caldwell, DSO, DFC & Bar, Polish Cross of Valour, interviewed by Susan Bogle about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1940-1946S00356
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Group Captain Frank Moreton Griggs DFC DFM (Rtd) as a pilot Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nos 218, 214 and 109 Squadrons Royal Air Force (RAF) and No 404 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), North West Europe 1940-1944, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Griggs, Frank Morton Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses prewar education, 26th Light Horse, Citizens Military Force (CMF); enlistment; training; embarkation; SS Oranje; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); aircraft Anson; convoys. A transcript of ...S01775
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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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Group Captain Michael John Haxell DFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Haxell, Michael John Kosmider, Michael Llewelyn, Kenneth
Discusses the period spanning 1958 - 1967 of Group Captain Haxell's career in the RAAF. Three year apprenticeship in Wagga Wagga; studying for a private pilot's licence, RAAF pilot officer training; p...S05238
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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 Norris Parker DFM as a squadron leader Commanding Officer No 1 (Bomber) Operational Conversion Unit RAAF, Australia 1950-1969, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Parker, John Norris Dickson, Kevin Alexander
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03843
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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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Latimer, Phillip G
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Maker: Latimer, Phillip Geoffrey
Phillip G Latimer, Sergeant, 1 Operational Support Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01113
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Leading Aircraftsman Alan Owen Jones, Crew Chief, 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Maker: Jones, Alan Owen
Leading Aircraftsman Alan Owen Jones, Crew Chief, 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01111
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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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Leon Williamson, as Leading Aircraft Mechanic, Sinai, UNEF II July-October 1976, interviewed by Lena Volkova.
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Maker: Williamson, Leon Allan Volkova, Lena (Elena)
Topics cover Leon Williamson's enlistment at age 17; being in the first contingent to Ismailia; the effect of deployment on his personal life and marriage; first impressions of Sinai; colours of helic...S04756
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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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Life on the Line [Series 3, Episode 50] Alastair Bridges
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Maker: Bridges, Alastair Lloyd, Alex Thistle Productions
Alex Lloyd interviews Vietnam veteran Alastair Bridges. Podcast released 9 April 2019. Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and ...AWM2020.1032.8
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Life on the Line [Series 3, Episode 57] Donna Watts-Endresz
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Maker: Watts-Endresz, Donna Lloyd, Alex Thistle Productions
Alex Lloyd interviews modern RAAF officer Donna Watts-Endresz. Podcast released 28 May 2019. Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veteran...AWM2020.1032.15
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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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Norman Cooper as a photographer, Royal Australian Air Force, South Vietnam 1967-1969, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd).
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Maker: Cooper, Norman Murray McKay, Gary John
Joined RAAF as a photographer, retired as a Squadron Leader covering all aspects of the ADF as a photographer; Serving in Malaya (1961-1963); Thailand (1963) and South Vietnam (1967-1969).S02602
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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
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(O34059) Steege, Gordon Henry (Air Commodore )
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Maker: Steege, Gordon Henry Llewelyn, Kenneth
Air Commodore Gordon Henry Steege (Ret'd) interviewed by Ken Llewellyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1937-1947.S01649
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Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: O'Connor, Peter Joseph
Discusses education; employment; enlistment; training; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), airforce training; RAAF; discipline; embarkation; RAAF Royal Air Force (RAF) relations; casualties; aircraft ...S00521
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Pilot Officer N E Skinner, wireless operator, 149 Squadron RAF, 28-29 November 1942, describes the action for which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
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Maker: Skinner, Norman Edward British Broadcasting Corporation
Rawdon 'Ron' Middleton VC was the captain of Stirling Bomber "H" for Harry, 149 Squadron RAF on the night of 28-29 November 1942. The aircraft was en route to bomb the Fiat factory in Turin, Italy whe...S00097
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Quentin Francis Snow DFC as a Royal Australian Air Force flying officer air gunner No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron and No 49 Squadron Royal Air Force, North West Europe 1943-1945, interviewed by Dianne Millar
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Maker: Snow, Quentin Francis Millar, Dianne
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03858
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"Raid on Berlin": Actuality recording of a Royal Air Force (RAF) bombing raid over Berlin, Germany on 4 September 1943. Recorded in Lancaster "F" Freddy of 207 Squadron RAF. Narrated by Wynford Vaughan Thomas of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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Maker: Crew of "F for Freddy" Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford British Broadcasting Corporation Pidsley, Reginald
Royal Air Force (RAF) bombing raid over Berlin recorded in Lancaster F Freddy of 207 Squadron RAF. Wynford Vaughan Thomas narration, Reginald Pidsley sound recordist, interspersed by actuality recordi...S00199
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Raymond Wells Whitrod interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Whitrod, Raymond Wells
(407937) Whitrod, Raymond Wells (Flight Lieutenant)S01661
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"Red Cross Voices From Overseas", message recorded in New York, USA by Sergeant George York for his wife in Kingsford, Sydney, NSW
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Maker: York, George Red Cross
INTRODUCTION BY FEMALE ANNOUNCER: "Sergeant George York of 32 Loch Maree Street, Kingsford NSW". MESSAGE BY SERGEANT GEORGE YORK: "Hello Perkie darling, how are you, and how is my son Bruce? We're ha...S01845
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Redmond Green DSO CBE, interviewed by Peter Londey about his service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in the Pacific during the Second World War and his subsequent service with the United Nations (UN) Good Offices Committee in Indonesia in 1948
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Maker: Londey, Peter
Redmond Green DSO CBE, interviewed by Peter Londey about his service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in the Pacific during the Second World War and his subsequent service with the United Na...S01743
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Reverend James Frederick 'Fred' McKay Chaplain RAAF, interviewed by Gail Winkworth for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: McKay, James Frederick (Fred)
Discussing pre-war ministerial appointments; enlistment as padre in Air Force and posting to the Middle East; chaplaincy appointment to Laverton Base; summary of war service and post-war work with War...S00598
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Robert Basil Gray (Bob) Murphy, as a Flight Lieutenant, Lancaster Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Murphy, Robert Basil Gray
Discusses education; enlistment; training; embarkation; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); casualties; RAAF Canadian relations; No. 97 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF); aerial operations; stress; naviga...S00523
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Robert Chester-Master, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service as a Lancaster rear-gunner with 514 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Second World War
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Maker: Chester-Master, Robert Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O18009 (434592)) Chester-Master, Robert (Flying Officer)S01664
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Rollo Kingsford-Smith AM DSO DFC interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Kingsford-Smith, Rollo Llewelyn, Kenneth
Rollo Kingsford-Smith AM DSO DFC interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)S01678
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Sir James Killen interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and his political career
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Maker: Killen, James Denis (Jim) Llewelyn, Kenneth
Sir James Killen interviewed by Ken Llewellyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and his political careerS01662
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Squadron Leader Alan Roy Harcourt Morris DFC discusses his career in the RAAF during Second World War, in a talk to University of the 3rd Age (U3A), Milton NSW.
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Maker: Morris, Alan Roy Harcourt Unknown
Alan Morris enlisted in the RAAF in March 1941; he was trained to fly Tiger Moths at Temora, NSW and then in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). On arrival to the UK he was posted to N...S04853
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Squadron Leader Tony Burcher (Rtd) interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Burcher, Anthony Fisher Llewelyn, Kenneth
O21979 (403182) Burcher, Anthony Fisher (Squadron Leader) served as rear gunner with 617 Squadron RAF (Dam Busters)S01656
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Stanley Bruce Pitt as a Flying Officer, Wireless Operator, 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: Pitt, Stanley Bruce
Discusses employment; enlistment; wireless operator duties; Bomber Command; training; embarkation; RAAF American relations; Empire Air Training Scheme EATS; SS Queen Elizabeth; leave; aerial operation...S00522
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Thomas Michael Fitzgerald, as a Flight Lieutenant, Navigator, 547 Squadron Royal Air Force RAF, interviewed by Tim Bowden for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Fitzgerald, Thomas Michael Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Discusses enlistment; Australia; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); Britain; Royal Air Force (RAF); Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); air force training; selection of aircrews; Coastal Command; Liber...S00536
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Tom Noon interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service as a bomber pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
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(426668) Noon, Thomas William Joseph (Flight Lieutenant )S01669
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"Voices from Overseas", Flight Lieutenant Virgil Paul Brennan DFC DFM, RAAF
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Maker: Brennan, Virgil Paul
Flight Lieutenant Paul Brennan is interviewed in this Red Cross "Voices from Overseas" radio recording. He was a decorated war hero, winning the DFC and DSM. He served six months at Malta. He gives hi...S00433
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Voices from overseas: Flying Officer Allan Ross Cocks as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, 1944
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Maker: Cocks, Allan Ross
A message from Flying Officer Cocks to his family and fiance in Australia recorded just prior to his posting to Nos 181 and 183 (Typhoon) Squadrons RAF Fighter Command, North West Europe. 'Voices fro...S03258
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Warrant Officer Donald Collumbell, Halifax bomber pilot No. 10 Squadron Royal Air Force, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Collumbell, Donald Green, Susan
Discusses prewar education; enlistment; RAAF; Royal Air Force (RAF); No. 10 Squadron; training; casualties; lack of moral fibre; aerial operations; superstitions; efficiency; morale; aircraft bombers ...S00509
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Wing Commander Clive Davis, RAF and RAAF, Second World War, interviewed by Lena Volkova.
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Maker: Davis, Clive Selwyn Volkova, Lena (Elena)
The topics covered in the series of interviews are mainly the views and experience of Clive Davis as a scientist and pilot of a Wellington bomber and later of a Liberator during WW2. Clive Davis too...S04758
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Wing Commander Francis John Leonard Downing DFC (Rtd) as the wing commander Commanding Officer No 2 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Downing, Francis John Leonard Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Wing Commander Francis John Leonard Downing DFC (Rtd) as the wing commander Commanding Officer No 2 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd) A tra...S03826