(427105) Robert Andrew (Bob) Pitt, Flying Officer 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Victor Harbor Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Ballarat Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island
Accession Number	S00581
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 30 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Pitt, Robert Andrew (Bob)
Date made	5 May 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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

Description

Discussing enlistment in army at age seventeen; further study to qualify for Air Force; training courses at Victor Harbour and Benalla; flying Tiger Moths; training on Wirraways at Deniliquin; gunnery training; selection as fighter pilot and posting to Kittyhawk Operational Training Unit; description of Kittyhawk plane; pre-flight apprehensions; posting to 75 Squadron; joining squadron at Milne Bay; camp conditions; leisure activities; duties of 75 Squadron at Goodenough Island; number of operational flights per week; tensions between ground staff and pilots; attitudes towards American service personnel; end of operational tour; postings to Ballarat and Point Cook as training instructor; post-war employment with Australian National Airways and Qantas.

History / Summary

Discussing enlistment in army at age seventeen; further study to qualify for Air Force; training courses at Victor Harbour and Benalla; flying Tiger Moths; training on Wirraways at Deniliquin; gunnery training; selection as fighter pilot and posting to Kittyhawk Operational Training Unit; description of Kittyhawk plane; pre-flight apprehensions; posting to 75 Squadron; joining squadron at Milne Bay; camp conditions; leisure activities; duties of 75 Squadron at Goodenough Island; number of operational flights per week; tensions between ground staff and pilots; attitudes towards American service personnel; end of operational tour; postings to Ballarat and Point Cook as training instructor; post-war employment with Australian National Airways and Qantas.