Interview with Patrick Sansom

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British officer trained as pilot with Royal Air Force in GB and South Africa, 1941-1942; served as pilot with 159, No 228 Group and 160 Sqdn, No 222 Group, Air Command, South East Asia, RAF in India, 10/1943-8/1945; served with 160 Sqdn, No 222 Group in Ceylon, 1945

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REEL 1 Background in London, GB, 1924-1940: family; education; evacuation to Northampton, 9/1939; reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; sporting and recreational activities including music; Recollections of enlistment of training as pilot with Royal Air Force in GB and South Africa, 1941-1943: reasons for volunteering for Royal Air Force and preference for service with Bomber Command, 1/1941; flying training on De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth with University Air Squadron, Glasgow and grading at No 18 Elementary Flying Training School, RAF at RAF Fairoaks; problem of air sickness; posted to South Africa, 1942; journey to and arrival at Johannesburg, South Africa; stationing in Transvaal region, South Africa; further details of flying training on De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth including problem of altitude; formation flying. REEL 2 Continues: attitude to aerobatics training and opinion of instructor; advanced flying training on Airspeed Oxford; passing out parade; memories of fellow flying recruits; opinion of rations and accommodation; recreational and sporting activities; attitude towards flying training; return to GB and commissioning, 1942; opinion of uniform; posting to No 11 Elementary Flying Training School, RAF at RAF Scone, near Perth, GB, for further flying training on De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth. Recollections of operations as pilot with 159 Sqdn, No 228 Group, Air Command, South East Asia, RAF in India, 10/1943-7/1945: arrival in Bombay, 9/1943; train journey to Calcutta; nature of operation to locate anti-aircraft guns; opinion of flying Consolidated Liberator B.Mk.II; opinion of squadron commander Wing Commander James Blackburn; morale of 159 Sqdn; removal of turrets from Consolidated Liberator B.Mk.II to decrease weight; sings 159 Sqdn song; memories of meeting Group Captain Leonard Cheshire in 1945. REEL 3 Continues: story of bombing Bangkok Railway Station and listening to Tokyo Rose; attachment to Communications Flight and attitude to flying Hawker Hurricane on photographic reconnaissance operation; flying special duties operations dropping supplies and agents to Force 136, Special Operations Executive in Burma; description of Consolidated Liberator crew and ground crew; description of night flying and mining operations; attitude to low-level flying; memories of VJ Day in Calcutta hospital with pneumonia, 15/8/1945; flying operation spraying DDT to combat malaria. Aspects of period as pilot with 160 Sqdn, No 222 Group, RAF in Ceylon, 1945: posting to squadron in Ceylon; duties flying former prisoners of war from RAF Changi, Singapore, Malaya to Ceylon; attitude towards Japanese; recreational activities; opinion of Consolidated Liberator B.Mk.II. REEL 4 Continues: nature of weather conditions during flying operations; effects of humidity on aircraft and crews; opinion of rations; prior recollection of flying training; description of attacking Japanese manned trains; attitude to leadership qualities. Post-war life and employment: civilian flying experiences; story of fortune-teller on troop ship to India; reflections on period of service with Royal Air Force. REEL 5 Continues: problems of adjusting to civilian life.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Frith, Debbie (Recorder)
Sansom, Patrick (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2002-03-26
Dimensions: whole: Duration 150, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 23149

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