Lewis David Leicester, pilot and Pathfinder, Royal Australian Air Force, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number S00524
Collection type Sound
Measurement 2 hr 22 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK AD90; TDK AD60; two track mono
Maker Leicester, Lewis David
Date made 18 January 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discusses Returned Services League (RSL); enlistment; training; Bomber Command; Pathfinders; training; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); aircraft Halifax bombers; RAAF; Royal Air Force (RAF); stress; aerial operations; leave; aircraft Tiger Moth. Mentions Unley, Victor Harbour, Parafield, SA; Nuremberg, Germany; Air Vice Marshal Bennett.