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Air Marshal John William Newham AC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Jake Newham talks about his early working life and his difficult path to being accepted for RAAF flying training; his training prior to being posted to Iwakuni, Japan for his conversion on to Meteors;...S02792
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Air Vice Marshal Billie Hicks Collings AO AFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Collings, Billie Hicks Clark, Christopher D Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Billie Collings talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF; flying training and his being posted to No.77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan.; the inadequacies of flying training at the time; Air Force attitude tow...S02783
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Air Vice Marshal Bill Simmonds interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Maker: Simmonds, William Henry Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Burton, Neill
Commenced RAAF College in 1948; first flight in Tiger Moth June 1950; presentation of wings by Sir Robert Menzies; 75 and 76 Squadrons; service in Korea; shooting down of Mig; return to Perth; posting...S01214
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Air Vice Marshal William Henry Simmonds AO (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Air Vice Marshal Simmonds talks about the lack of relevance of basic flying training to combat mission flying in Korea; being posted to 78 Wing, RAAF Base Williamtown after graduation from Point Cook;...S02689
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Group Captain Douglas Charles Hurst DFC (Rtd) as a flight lieutenant flight commander No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Hurst speaks of his enlistment in the RAAF and experience of the Second World War in the South West Pacific Area; post- Second World War RAAF service including de Havilland Vampire jet-conversion trai...S02657
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Richard Cresswell DFC as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Cresswell speaks of his academic and military background including Second World War service in the South West Pacific area primarily as a fighter pilot; his role as Commanding Officer No 21 (Citizens ...S02686
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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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Maker: Australian War Memorial
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 hi...S02288
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Squadron Leader Vincent Joseph O'Brien MBE (Ret'd) as a corporal airframe fitter No 77 Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Vincent O'Brien talks about his early training and service at the end of the Second World War; joining the Interim air Force on a two-year contract; training as a Fitter 2A (Airframe Fitter) prior to ...S02776
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Victor Leslie Baker as a Leading Aircraftsman engine fitter No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Victor Baker talks about his postings prior to No. 77 Squadron; the juxtaposition of Australian and Turkish graves at Pusan, Korea; an encounter with confederate state Americans at Taegu; tales of his...S02774
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Wing Commander Clarence Edward Barrington Wilson (Ret) as an airframe fitter No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Wilson talks about service as a Mustang fitter in 3 Squadron, Canberra in 1949; his reasons for joining the Air Force; being engaged; his sudden posting to 77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan in 1951; an airc...S02688