Dundas, Hugh Spencer Lisle (Oral history)

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British officer served as pilot with 616 Sqdn, Nos 13 and 12 Groups, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 1940-1941 including Battle of Britain, 7/1940-10/1940

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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as pilot with 616 Sqdn, No 13 Group, Fighter Command, RAF during operations over France, 5/1940-6/1940: posting of squadron to RAF Southend for operations over Dunkirk, France, 5/1940; degree of visibility over beaches at Dunkirk, France; problems of operating over Dunkirk, France; characteristics of Supermarine Spitfire Mk I; attitude of British Army personnel towards Royal Air Force; nature of aerial combat over Dunkirk, France. Recollections of operations as pilot with 616 Sqdn, Nos 13 and 12 Groups, Fighter Command, RAF in GB during Battle of Britain, 7/1940: return to RAF Leconfield; interception of German Air Force bombers over Flamborough Head, 15/8/1940; move to RAF Kenley, 19/8/1940; shooting down in Hawkinge area, 22/8/1940; operations with Duxford Wing, 9/1940; interception of German Air Force raid, 15/9/1940. REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of period as pilot with 616 Sqdn, No 12 Group, RAF in GB, 1940-1941: memories of Wing Commander Douglas Bader; German Air Force tactics; degree of fighter pilot experience; story of being shot down whilst flying 'finger four' formation over Pas-de-Calais with Wing Commander Douglas Bader, 1941; realisation of importance of Battle of Britain; qualities needed by fighter pilots; opinion of Wing Commander Douglas Bader.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Dundas, Hugh Spencer Lisle (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1988-03-29
Dimensions: whole: Duration 60, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 10159

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