Accession Number | S02877 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 1 hr 49 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | digital audio tape (DAT); EMTEC DM 124; 48kHz; 16 bit; stereo |
Maker |
Carlin, Roy Chinn, David Alexander |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, Miami Keys |
Date made | 20 May 2003 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Wing Commander Roy Carlin DFC AFC (Rtd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 38 (Transport) Squadron RAAF, Malaya 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Carlin speaks of his Second World War flying experience in the South West Pacific area and post war, including the Berlin Airlift (1948); similarities between and specific difficulties in flying transport/supply drop aircraft in Papua New Guinea and Malaya; the lack of briefing on the Malayan Emergency before deployment and during operations - only air tasking information, but no feedback; experiences as Staff Officer Operations of Headquarters 90 Composite Wing RAAF on Singapore Island; unaccompanied postings for all ranks to Malaya; taking command of No 38 Squadron at Changi Airfield - local administration and air tasking responsibilities of higher headquarters; another transport squadron (RAF) at Changi and No 1 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF at Tengah; the value of revetted parking bays for aircraft protection; types of transport squadron air drop operations - paratroop (Special Air Service (SAS)), propaganda leaflet and re-supply; relocation to Kuala Lumpur; the effects of weather on flying operations; navigation to and sequencing of resupply air drops; extraneous squadron tasks beyond Malaya due to the Korean War - Hong Kong, Japan/Korea, the Philippines and Colombo; the Berlin Airlift experience, and its non-relevance to the Malayan commitment; the performance of the C47 Dakota aircraft in the employments of No 38 Squadron in the South East Asian area; the serviceability of the Dakota, cross-training of ground crew on other maintenance skills, Second World War-experienced ground crew; flying rates for aircrew and flying conditions; discipline, health, malaria precautions, morale; lack of navigation aids generally; a trying time - when the RAF was changing over its transport aircraft and sought No 38 Squadron support; strange aircraft loads - illegal civilian cars; a Christmas gift of brandy; the effect of tropical weather on flying operations; honours and awards; some reflections generally on experiences.
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Wing Commander Roy Carlin DFC AFC (Rtd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 38 (Transport) Squadron RAAF, Malaya 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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