Selwyn David Evans as Wing Commander 2 Squadron RAAF interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'

Scene 4A Take 1 Roll 10. Commanding Officer 2 Squadron RAAF 1967-1968. Describes the difference between dive and level bombing; advantage of level bombing is that you can bomb under the clouds; procedure of bomb run; the United States with dive bombing average was 100 yards while 2 Squadron average 25 to 30 yards; Canberra had come into its place that no one had foreseen in low level bombing; Canberra designed as a high altitude bomber with an accuracy or 100 or 120 yards which would have been useless in Vietnam; proved to be the most accurate bomber in Vietnam; Canberra’s ability to drop a bombs so they would spread out in what ever intervals the FAC called out; dive bombers dropped bombs in a clump; Take 2 Roll 11. the difference between day and night operations; feelings being in the air supporting ground troops – fortunate that they could go back to comfortable bed and mess; Squadron raison d’etre was to bomb accurately since every enemy killed could save the lives of ground troops; Feelings to be constant and accurate and at end of operations though gruseome to say the Squadron had killed 600 enemy troops which is about a battalion of troops that our troops wouldn’t have to fight; pleasing that as US realised the accuracy they were given more targets as compared to when the squadron arrived there was doubts at what use they would be.