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Discussing enlistment in army at age seventeen; further study to qualify for Air Force; training courses at Victor Harbour and Benalla; flying Tiger Moths; training on Wirraways at Deniliquin; gunnery training; selection as fighter pilot and posting to Kittyhawk Operational Training Unit; description of Kittyhawk plane; pre-flight apprehensions; posting to 75 Squadron; joining squadron at Milne Bay; camp conditions; leisure activities; duties of 75 Squadron at Goodenough Island; number of operational flights per week; tensions between ground staff and pilots; attitudes towards American service personnel; end of operational tour; postings to Ballarat and Point Cook as training instructor; post-war employment with Australian National Airways and Qantas.
Discussing enlistment in army at age seventeen; further study to qualify for Air Force; training courses at Victor Harbour and Benalla; flying Tiger Moths; training on Wirraways at Deniliquin; gunnery training; selection as fighter pilot and posting to Kittyhawk Operational Training Unit; description of Kittyhawk plane; pre-flight apprehensions; posting to 75 Squadron; joining squadron at Milne Bay; camp conditions; leisure activities; duties of 75 Squadron at Goodenough Island; number of operational flights per week; tensions between ground staff and pilots; attitudes towards American service personnel; end of operational tour; postings to Ballarat and Point Cook as training instructor; post-war employment with Australian National Airways and Qantas.
Part 1 of (427105) Robert Andrew (Bob) Pitt, Flying Officer 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of (427105) Robert Andrew (Bob) Pitt, Flying Officer 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of (427105) Robert Andrew (Bob) Pitt, Flying Officer 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Arthur Douglas Tucker, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. Conducted in June 1989 with Arthur Tucker, Flight Lieutena
Discussing impact of Anzac tradition and empire patriotism on enlistees; enlistment and training at Bradfield Park; elementary flying in Tiger Moths at Tamworth; flying Wirraways out of Amberley; high
Discussing enlistment in Air Force; elementary flying training course at Archerfield, Queensland; training at Wagga, NSW on Wirraway planes; inexperience of instructors; embarkation for England; posti
(O326) Garing, William Henry (Air Commodore) discussing RAAF cadetship at Duntroon; flying training at Point Cook; posting to Pilotage and Navigation School at Andover, Britain; navigational courses i
Discusses motives for enlistment in Air Force; training at Point Cook; move to train at Richmond; posting as instructor to train Empire Air Training Scheme recruits; transfer to Bankstown for conversi
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