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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 conversion training for Kittyhawk plane; capabilities of the Kittyhawk; posting to 75 Squadron; morale of squadron after arrival in Port Moresby; impressions of John Jackson and impact of his death on the squadron; combat stress; daily routines; return to Australia and rejoining squadron in Kingaroy; conditions at the Milne Bay Camp; ineffectiveness of bombing mission on Japanese invasion fleet; ditching of plane and rescue by Sideia Island missionaries; medical evacuation to Australia; posting to 86 Squadron; impact of war on civilian life.
Discussing 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 conversion training for Kittyhawk plane; capabilities of the Kittyhawk; posting to 75 Squadron; morale of squadron after arrival in Port Moresby; impressions of John Jackson and impact of his death on the squadron; combat stress; daily routines; return to Australia and rejoining squadron in Kingaroy; conditions at the Milne Bay Camp; ineffectiveness of bombing mission on Japanese invasion fleet; ditching of plane and rescue by Sideia Island missionaries; medical evacuation to Australia; posting to 86 Squadron; impact of war on civilian life.
Part 1 of (3403) Flight Lieutenant William Allan Whetters, Flying Officer, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of (3403) Flight Lieutenant William Allan Whetters, Flying Officer, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of (3403) Flight Lieutenant William Allan Whetters, Flying Officer, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 4 of (3403) Flight Lieutenant William Allan Whetters, Flying Officer, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 5 of (3403) Flight Lieutenant William Allan Whetters, Flying Officer, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive 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 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
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
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; enlistment; training; embarkation; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); casualties; RAAF Canadian relations; No. 97 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF); aerial operations; stress; naviga