Group Captain John Brook Hampshire DFC (Rtd) as a pilot in RAAF and USAAF bomber operations, South West Pacific Area 1943-1945, recorded for Lex McAulay

Places	Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Humboldt Bay, Hollandia Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland, Kavieng
Accession Number	S00486
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	59 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; BASF 90 Professional I; mono
Maker	Hampshire, John Brook Hampshire, John Brook
Date made	May 1985
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
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 Research Grants Scheme

Description

Hampshire speaks of his RAAF flying experience from enlistment to 1942; operational experience as a bomber pilot with No 6 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF on Lockheed Hudsons with 43rd Operational Group USAAF and as Commanding Officer No 24 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF both on B24 Liberators from 1943 to 1945; raids on Japanese targets including Kavieng, Wewak and Hollandia.