| Place | Europe: United Kingdom |
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| Accession Number | S00509 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 15 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF; EMI; unbranded; mono; 5 inch |
| Maker |
Collumbell, Donald Green, Susan |
| Date made | 28 April 1988 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
| Source credit to | The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45 |
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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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 Halifax; leisure; tour of duty, relationship with British civilians; survival rates. Mentions Cootamundra, Evans Head, Parkes, NSW; Harwell, Oxfordshire, Britain.
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