Message From Air Vice Marshal Coningham -Extract from Programme 'Greetings From Cairo'

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Object description

New Zealand officer commanded Desert Air Force, RAF in North Africa, 1941-1942 account of activities of RAF in North Africa, 1942

Content description

REEL 1 Account of activities of Desert Air Force, RAF in North Africa, 1942: opinion of work of RAF; character of RAF personnel; sends greetings of crews to families at home.

Object details

Category: Sound
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: BBC (Production company)
BBC (recorder)
Coningham, Arthur (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1942-07-21
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items 1, 2
Catalogue number: 1223

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AIR VICE MARSHAL ARTHUR CONINGHAM, A.O.C.WESTERN DESERT AIR FORCES CONFERS WITH HIS SENIOR OFFICERS AT A DESERT BASE.

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