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Accession Number | S00578 |
Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 2 hr 3 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono |
Maker |
Gould, Arthur John (Nat) |
Date made | May 1989 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
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 |
Arthur John (Nat) Gould, as a Flight Lieutenant, Pilot officer 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Ed Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Discussing enlistment in Air Force; elementary flying training course at Archerfield, Queensland; training at Wagga, NSW on Wirraway planes; inexperience of instructors; embarkation for England; posting to Operational Training Unit in Lincolnshire and then 17 Squadron; Royal Air Force; eccentricities of pilots; release of tensions; posting to 134 Squadron; Royal Air Force and tour of duty in Russia; return to Australia and posting to 75 Squadron; early impressions of Kittyhawk planes; to Milne Bay; camp conditions; reconnaissance flight duties of squadron; combat casualties; evacuation of squadron from Milne Bay; return to Australia as instructor at Mildura, NSW; posting to 457 Squadron at Darwin; post-war health; compensation for war veterans.
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