Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res) Accession Number: S02288

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Guthrie speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his posting as a warrant officer in No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF and its operational role in Korea; the circumstances of his capture; his treatment as a prisoner of war (POW); his attempted escape; the march to the prison camps along the Manchurian border where he was interned; his release after two years as a prisoner of the Chinese Army. While a POW Guthrie was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer.

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Accession Number
S02288
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Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: BASF DM 124
Carrier: digital audio tape (DAT)
Track: two track mono
Measurement
2 hr 27 min
Date Made
8 June 2001
Place Made
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Intellectual record
Item Count
2
Credit Line
AWM Oral History Program
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Open
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Part 1 of Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res)

Part 2 of Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res)

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