McMillan, Robert Peter (Oral history)

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Australian NCO served as wireless operator/air gunner with 223 Sqdn, No 232 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF in North Africa, 2/1942-6/1943; served with No 71 Operational Training Unit, RAF at RAF Ismailia, Egypt, 6/1943-1/1944; officer served with 55 Sqdn No 263 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF in Italy, 3/1944-9/1944

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REEL 1 Background in Australia, 1921-1938: family; daily life on farm; education; interest in entymology; attitude to being Australian and opinion of GB; activities as cadet with Australian Army Cadets (ACC). Aspects of period as private and NCO with 16th Bn Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia in Australia, 1938-1940: enlistment in Militia, 1938; memories of Munich Crisis, 9/1938; opinion of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, 1938. REEL 2 Continues: promotion to lance corporal; uniform and equipment; outbreak of Second World War, 3/9/1939; mobilisation and issue of live ammunition; role patrolling around Rock Nest area; curfew; description of defences. Aspects of enlistment and training with Royal Australian Air Force in Australia, 1940-1941: background to enlistment; medical; training in Morse Code; attitude to Germans; opinion of quality of aircraft; selection for Empire Air Training Scheme; basic training; posting to No 1 Wireless Air Gunners School at RAAF Ballarat. REEL 3 Continues: description of training and types of wireless equipment; Morse Code; training in Douglas DC 2; description of Radio Transmission (R/T) system; first flight; physical training; description of gunnery training using drogues; opinion of Fairey Battle; personal morale; story of interview for commission; route march; posting to Middle East, 6/1941. REEL 4 Continues: Aspects of voyage aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth from Australia to Egypt, 6/1941; living conditions on board; messing arrangements; opinion of food; arrival at Suez, Egypt. Aspects of period on draft with RAF in Egypt, 7/1941: attitude to being transferred to RAF and question of pay; issue of tropical kit; story of Italian POWs; opinion of food; sleeping in desert; opinion of Italians and Germans; visit to Cairo. REEL 5 Continues: Aspects of training with 211 Sqdn RAF and No 72 Operational Training Unit, RAF at Wadi Gazouza, Sudan, 8/1941-1/1942; crewing up; description of training on Bristol Blenheim Mk IV; crash during formation flying exercise; injuries and medical treatment; opinion of Marconi Wireless Sets; description of gun turret on Bristol Blenheim Mk IV; attitude towards Japanese; problem of German fighters. REEL 6 Continues: gunnery exercises using drogues. Recollections of operations with 223 Sqdn, No 232 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF in North Africa, 2/1942-6/1943: posting to squadron, 2/1942; character of Martin Baltimore; problem with gun turret; crewing up; story of aircraft crashing on landing; opinion of pilot; further training; navigational flying over desert; bombing practice and bomb loads; bombs on sticks; bombing raid on Benghazi, Libya; damage to aircraft from anti-aircraft; story of crash landing in German minefield, 6/1942; problem of parachutes in Martin Baltimore. REEL 7 Continues: story of rescue from minefield; debriefing; attitude towards death of friends; problem of low morale; effects of bombs; personal moraler; flying height and evasive manoeuvres; story of meeting General Bernard Montgomery. REEL 8 Continues: opening artillery barrage during Battle of El Alamein, 23/10/1942; bombing raids during Battle of El Alamein, 10/1942-11/1942; bombing attacks on German tanks and airfields; story of shooting down Focke Wulf Fw 190; problem of firing guns whilst flying in box formation; question of fighter escort; relations with British RAF personnel; messing arrangements; role taking supplies to fighter squadrons; move to Derna, Libya; description of high level bombing raids on Crete, Greece, 1/1943. REEL 9 Continues: further training and exercises; dummy attacks with Supermarine Spitfires; story of growing loofah; leave in Alexandria, Egypt; problem of anti-aircraft fire; recreational activities; transfer to Tunisia, 3/1943; bombing raids on Mareth Line, Tunisia; night raids on German positions and landing grounds in support of ground troops; problem of water; bombing landing barges. REEL 10 Continues: question of co-operation with US Army Air Force; bombing of German gun positions; comparison of RAF and US Army Air Force and facilities; description of various bombing raids on Pantelleria Island, Italy; reaction to shooting down Italian Macchi aircraft; posting to Egypt, 6/1943; problem of engine gills on Martin Baltimore. Aspects of period as wireless operator/air gunner with No 71 Operational Training Unit, RAF at RAF Ismailia in Egypt, 6/1943-1/1944: posting to No 71 Operational Training Unit at RAF Ismailia; role as wireless operator/air gunner on Avro Ansons; posting to 55 Sqdn RAF, 1/1944. REEL 11 Continues: description of various low-flying exercises over desert; gunnery and night flying exercises; problem of contracting pneumonia journey to Italy. Recollections of operations as officer with 55 Sqdn, No 263 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF in Italy, 3/1944-9/1944: journey to squadron at Biferno; practice bombing runs; summary of various bombing raids on road and rail bridges and German positions; description of night raids on German convoys. REEL 12 Continues: role in bombing raid at Monte Cassino; recreational activities; relations with Italian civilians; summary of further bombing raids on German communications and positions; liberation of Rome, 5/6/1944; description of being under fire from anti-aircraft fire and rockets; move to Tarquinia and impressions of surrounding area. REEL 13 Continues: coastal patrols in Leghorn area; attack on German transport lines at Bologna; question of German opposition; problem of searchlights; description of attacking barges; story of being awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, 1945; role in reconnaissance flights over Southern France prior to Allied landings, 8/1944; use of Window; visit by King George V1. REEL 14 Continues: story of explosion of American aircraft on airfield; further bombing raids in Italy; question of keeping to bomb line; reconnaissance missions; question of identifying targets; summary of bombing raids, 8/1944-9/1944; bombing of targets in Rimini area; story of last operation, 25/9/1944; problem with back injury and medical treatment; squadron re-equipping with Douglas Boston aircraft. REEL 15 Continues: attitude to end of operational flying. Aspects of period as officer with Royal Australian Air Force in GB, 1945: posting to GB, 1/1945; description of medical treatment and convalescence in Brighton; German V2 Rocket attacks; civilian morale; social life and recreational activities; story of return to Australia including conditions aboard SS Nieuw Amsterdam. REEL 16 Continues: VE Day celebrations aboard SS Nieuw Amsterdam, 8/5/1945. Aspects of post-war life and employment in Australia: story of journey back to family farm; problem of readjusting to civilian life; demobilisation; employment; problem of back injury; VJ Day celebrations, 15/8/1945; reflections on period of service with RAF.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Bannister, John (Recorder)
McMillan, Robert Peter (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2003-04-15
Dimensions: whole: Duration 480, Number Of Items 16
Catalogue number: 24928

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McMillan, Robert Peter
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 223
Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 55
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17/5(1430
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GB, England
EG
LY
IT
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Cassette

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