Warrant Officer Donald Collumbell, Halifax bomber pilot No. 10 Squadron Royal Air Force, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Accession Number: S00509

Description

Discusses prewar education; enlistment; RAAF; Royal Air Force (RAF); No. 10 Squadron; training; casualties; lack of moral fibre; aerial operations; superstitions; efficiency; morale; aircraft bombers Halifax; leisure; tour of duty, relationship with British civilians; survival rates. Mentions Cootamundra, Evans Head, Parkes, NSW; Harwell, Oxfordshire, Britain.

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Accession Number

S00509

Interviewee

Warrant Officer Donald Collumbell

Interviewer/Recordist

Susan Green

Classification

Sound

Object Type

Oral history

Physical Description

Brand: BASF; EMI; unbranded
Carrier: 1/4 inch sound tape reel
Size: 5 inch
Track: mono

Measurement

Duration: 1h 15' 0"

Date Made

28 April 1988

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Intellectual record

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The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

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Open

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Warrant Officer Donald Collumbell, Halifax bomber pilot No. 10 Squadron Royal Air Force, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Accession Number: S00509

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