Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. Accession Number: S00521

Description

Discusses education; employment; enlistment; training; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), airforce training; RAAF; discipline; embarkation; RAAF Royal Air Force (RAF) relations; casualties; aircraft Lancaster; aerial operations; weather; stress; relations to women; Pathfinders. Mentions Western Australia; UK; Munich, Germany.

Details

Accession Number
S00521
Interviewee/Performer
Flying Officer Peter Joseph O'Connor
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: TDK AD60
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: two track mono
Measurement
Duration: 2h 10' 0"
Date Made
14 January 1989
Place Made
North Brighton
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
3
Credit Line
The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Access
Open
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.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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Part 1 of Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 2 of Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 3 of Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 4 of Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 5 of Peter Joseph O'Connor, as a Flying Officer, Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

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