Arthur John (Nat) Gould, as a Flight Lieutenant, Pilot officer 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Ed Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Asia: Russia Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin Oceania: Australia, Queensland Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Archerfield Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Mildura Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Accession Number	S00578
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 3 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Gould, Arthur John (Nat)
Date made	May 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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.
Source credit to	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

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; posting to Operational Training Unit in Lincolnshire and then 17 Squadron; Royal Air Force; eccentricities of pilots; release of tensions; posting to 134 Squadron; Royal Air Force and tour of duty in Russia; return to Australia and posting to 75 Squadron; early impressions of Kittyhawk planes; to Milne Bay; camp conditions; reconnaissance flight duties of squadron; combat casualties; evacuation of squadron from Milne Bay; return to Australia as instructor at Mildura, NSW; posting to 457 Squadron at Darwin; post-war health; compensation for war veterans.

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