| Accession Number | S02288 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 2 hr 27 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | digital audio tape (DAT); BASF DM 124; two track mono |
| Maker |
Australian War Memorial |
| Date made | 8 June 2001 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
| 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 | AWM Oral History Program |
Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res)
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Guthrie speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his posting as a warrant officer in No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF and its operational role in Korea; the circumstances of his capture; his treatment as a prisoner of war (POW); his attempted escape; the march to the prison camps along the Manchurian border where he was interned; his release after two years as a prisoner of the Chinese Army. While a POW Guthrie was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer.
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