Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Accession Number: S00539
Description
Discussing enlistment; air force training; training in Rhodesia; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Air Force (RAF), training at Lichfield, England; training on Wellington planes; Bomber Command briefing procedures; crew tension; casualty rates; flying techniques; post-war employment.
Details
Accession Number
S00539
Interviewer/Recordist
Edward Stokes
Interviewee
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Douglas Gray DFC
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: TDK D60
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: two track mono
Measurement
Duration: 3h 20' 12"
Date Made
February 1989
Whole/Part
Whole
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.
Part 1 of Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 4 of Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 5 of Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 6 of Kenneth Douglas Gray as a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, 103 Squadron Bomber Command RAAF and RAF, interviewed by Tim Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Discussing reasons for join
Discusses enlistment; Australia; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); Britain; Royal Air Force (RAF); Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); air force training; selection of aircrews; Coastal Command; Liber
Discussing enlistment in Royal Australian Air Force; pilot training at Bradfield Park; transfer to navigational training; Empire Air Training Scheme and training courses at Edmonton and Lethbridge, Ca
Discussing pre-war employment; Air Force training; posting as reinforcement to 21 Squadron; Singapore; casualty rates; formation of 76 Squadron; comparison of Zeros and Kittyhawks in combat; posting t
Discusses education; employment; enlistment; training; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), airforce training; RAAF; discipline; embarkation; RAAF Royal Air Force (RAF) relations; casualties; aircraft
(402945) Arthur William Doubleday, as a squadron leader Bomber Command, RAAF and RAF, interviewed by Ed Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Speaks of his ear