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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 joining Air Force; elitism of Air Force; Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada; training on Ansons; bombing and gunnery course at Lethbridge and astro-navigation course in Manitoba; assignment to Bomber Command; training casualties; crewing up process; crew camaraderie; squadron discipline; attributes of Lancasters over Halifaxes; crew superstitions; lack of moral fibre; charges; level of stress; role of Pathfinders; bomb loads; flight procedures; navigational duties; dangers of bombing run; evasive techniques; post-operational interrogation; relationships with WAAFs on base; morality of bombing civilian targets; medical care; value of saturation bombing.
Discussing reasons for joining Air Force; elitism of Air Force; Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada; training on Ansons; bombing and gunnery course at Lethbridge and astro-navigation course in Manitoba; assignment to Bomber Command; training casualties; crewing up process; crew camaraderie; squadron discipline; attributes of Lancasters over Halifaxes; crew superstitions; lack of moral fibre; charges; level of stress; role of Pathfinders; bomb loads; flight procedures; navigational duties; dangers of bombing run; evasive techniques; post-operational interrogation; relationships with WAAFs on base; morality of bombing civilian targets; medical care; value of saturation bombing.
Part 1 of Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
Part 2 of Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
Part 3 of Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
Part 4 of Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
Part 5 of Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
Part 6 of Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood, as Flight Lieutenant (408794) interviewed for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive
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
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
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
(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
Discusses education; enlistment; training; embarkation; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); casualties; RAAF Canadian relations; No. 97 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF); aerial operations; stress; naviga
Discusses education; employment; enlistment; training; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), airforce training; RAAF; discipline; embarkation; RAAF Royal Air Force (RAF) relations; casualties; aircraft