Interview with Ronald Lewin

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British storeman served with Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1942-1945; served aboard HMS Unicorn, British Pacific Fleet in Indian and Pacific Oceans, 1945-1946

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REEL 1 Background in London and Bristol, GB, 1923-1942: family; education. Recollections of period as storeman with Fleet Air Arm, 1942-1945: joining Royal Navy, 4/1942; volunteering for Fleet Air Arm; training; summary of career; description of duties; role of HMS Unicorn; duties at HMS Heron, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, 1942-1943; method of keeping track of stores; social life; attitude towards work at HMS Heron, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton; German Air Force bombing of Bristol; living conditions. Aspects of period as storeman with Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Unicorn, British Pacific Fleet in Indian Ocean and Pacific, 1945-1946: drafting to carrier at Trincomalee, Ceylon; visit to South Africa; story of the Perla Siedle Gibson the 'Lady in White' that sang for docking ships at Durban, South Africa. REEL 2 Continues: move to Manus Island, Admiralty Islands; role of Manus Islands as maintenance base for aircraft from front line carriers; attitude towards period at Leyte Island, Philippines; ferrying aircraft and equipment to Australia after end of war; living conditions on board HMS Unicorn; trip Colombo, Ceylon to collect stores; morale on board HMS Unicorn; social life; question of efficiency. Aspects of period as storeman with Fleet Air Arm in GB coastal waters, 1950-1952: recall to service with Fleet Air Arm at start of Korean War, 6/1950; drafting to HMS Meon; drafting to HMS Eagle.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Giesler, Rodney William Aldous (Recorder)
Lewin, Ronald (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2001-03-27
Dimensions: whole: Duration 60, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 21197

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Interview with Ronald Lewin

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