Hall, Roger Montagu Dickinson (Oral history)

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British officer served as pilot with 152 Sqdn, No 10 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB during Battle of Britain, 9/1940-10/1940; served with 255 Sqdn, No 12 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 12/1940-3/1941; served with 222 Sqdn, No 12 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 3/1941-8/1941; served with 72 Sqdn, No 11 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 9/1941-12/1941; served with 91 Sqdn, No 11 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 3/1942-9/1942

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REEL 1 Aspects of training as pilot with RAF in GB, 3/1940-8/1940: transfer to Royal Air Force from British Army, 3/1940; pattern of flying training including training on Supermarine Spitfire at No 7 Operational Training Unit, RAF at RAF Hawarden; technique for attacking bombers; flying the Supermarine Spitfire. Recollections of operations as pilot with 152 Sqdn, No 10 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB during Battle of Britain, 9/1940-10/1940: squadron's role and duties from RAF Warmwell; interception of German raid on aircraft factory at Filton and near collision, 25/9/1940; flight position of new pilots as 'arse-end Charlie'; his degree of inexperience during battle. REEL 2 Contiunes: fate of inexperienced pilots; squadron personnel's shooting down by German fighters, 9/1940; futility of sorties against German fighters; squadron member's death from faulty parachute and question of sabotage of equipment; German tactics and Royal Air Force adoption of finger four formation; role of Air Marshal Hugh Dowding in organising Fighter Command; importance of radar; the 'Big Wing' controversy; strategy employed by German pilots and their morale; Royal Air Force morale; lack of rank distinction amongst pilots. REEL 3 Continues: need for relaxation after operations; lack of sense of importance of battle; invasion alert; importance of air superiority; media misrepresentation of battle statistics; difficulty of assessing successes; debriefing; public support for fighter pilots; relations between army and RAF personnel. Recollections of operations as pilot with 255 Sqdn, No 12 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 12/1940-3/1941: reasons for choosing night fighting; posting to RAF Kirton in Lindsey; lack of nightime direction and problems of visibility; shooting down of German Heinkel He 111 over Humber Estuary, 10/2/1941; double landing accident in Boulton Paul Defiant, 3/1941. REEL 4 Continues: opinion of Boulton Paul Defiant. Aspects of operations as pilot with 222 Sqdn, No 12 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 3/1941-8/1941: posting to RAF Coltishall, 3/1941; protection of east coast convoys; dangers of anti-aircraft fire from convoys; operating 'fighter nights' over London, 5/1941; character of Polish pilots; offensive sweep over France and near collision with New Zealander, 5/1941; improvements to Supermarine Spitfire. Aspects of operations as pilot with 72 Sqdn, No 11 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 9/1941-12/1941: purpose of fighter sweeps; protection of bombers. REEL 5 Continues: German Air Force tactics against British bomber attacks and fighter sweeps; characteristics of Focke-Wulf Fw 190; encounter with Focke-Wulf Fw 190 during raid on Ostend, Belgium, 11/1941. Aspects of operations as pilot with 91 Sqdn, No 11 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB, 3/1942-9/1942: reconnaissance duties of squadron from RAF Hawkinge; commanding officer's Wing Commander Bobby Oxspring's story of German Channel Dash, 2/1942; reconnaissance duties; air sea rescue work in English Channel; fatal misidentification by Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire pilots attempting to intercept German reconnaissance flight; story of passing out with lack of oxygen at high altitudes whilst serving with 72 Sqdn, RAF.

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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)
Hall, Roger Montagu Dickinson (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1988-09-03
Dimensions: whole: Duration 150, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 10342

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