Air Vice Marshal Bill Simmonds interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Places	Asia: Malaya, Penang, Butterworth Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Williamtown Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook
Accession Number	S01214
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 39 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF SM 468; 7 1/2 ips/19 cm.s; stereo; 10 inch NAB
Maker	Simmonds, William Henry Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Burton, Neill
Date made	2 December 1993
Access	Open
Conflict	Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979 Korea, 1950-1953 Period 1960-1969 Period 1990-1999 Vietnam, 1962-1975 Period 1980-1989 Period 1940-1949
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.

Description

Commenced RAAF College in 1948; first flight in Tiger Moth June 1950; presentation of wings by Sir Robert Menzies; 75 and 76 Squadrons; service in Korea; shooting down of Mig; return to Perth; posting to UK; posted to West Germany flying Vampires and Sabres; teaching posts; posted as Operations Officer 3 Squadron; posting to Aircraft Research and Development Unit; Posting to United States; posting to Joint Intelligence Bureau; Commanding Officer 77 Squadron; improvements to Williamtown Air Base; Formation of `Deltas' aerobatics team; experience with Mirage; promoted to Group Captain; posted to Canberra as Director of Organisation and Establishments; promoted to Air Commodore; Commander Integrated Air Defence System; posting to Butterworth; relations with Malaysia and Singapore. END OF INTERVIEW