Interview with Roy Leslie Turnham

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British seaman served on flight deck aboard HMS Theseus during Korean War, 1950-1951

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REEL 1 Background in Hanworth, GB, 1932-1949: family; education; memories of German Air Force attacks on Hanworth; prevalence of latch-key children; lack of effect of rationing. Aspects of enlistment and training with Royal Navy in GB, 1949-1950: joining Royal Navy, 7/1949; training at HMS Royal Arthur, Corsham; introduction to service discipline; stoker's training at HMS Raleigh, Torpoint; character of courses at Southsea. Recollections of operations on flight deck of HMS Theseus off North and South Korea, 1950-1951: problems of having boy stokers on board; duties; ordering of ship to Korean waters, 8/1950; aircraft accident off Malta in Mediterranean on route to Korean waters, 8/1950; first patrol off west coast of North Korea; role with catapult crew; effects of winter cold on deck. REEL 2 Continues: potential for injury on flight deck; role of Deck Landing Officer; degree of danger from North Korean People's Navy; North Korean People's Army Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft attacks on United Nations' naval forces; patrol of east coast; provision for ditched pilots; leave ashore in Sasebo and Kure, Japan; tour of Hiroshima, Japan; relations with Japanese civilians; conflict between Royal Navy and United States Navy personnel; character of ship; reception on return to Portsmouth and Falmouth. Aspects of service with Royal Navy, 1952-1957: shore duties at Gosport, 1952; character of HMS Albion, 1954-1956; watchkeeping systems in ships; reasons for visit to India; facilities ashore in Portsmouth. REEL 3 Continues: preference for service aboard HMS Theseus; flight deck arrangements aboard HMS Albion; moth-balling of HMS Petard, 1956; description of 'The Trot' at Portsmouth; attitude to having served in Royal Navy; question of problems of settling down after leaving Royal Navy.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Turnham, Roy Leslie (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2000-08-01
Dimensions: whole: Duration 70, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 20472

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Interview with Roy Leslie Turnham

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