Interview with Stanley Milton Watt

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Australian officer served as pilot with 450 (RAAF) Sqdn, No 239 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF in North Africa and Italy, 6/1943-5/1945

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REEL 1 Background in Perth, Australia: father's service in First World War and question of loyalty to GB; education; family life and living conditions during inter-war period; attitude towards Germans and rise of Nazism in Germany; memories of Jewish friend; reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; opinion of Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Robert Menzies; background to enlistment aged sixteen in 16th Bn The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia, Citizens Military Forces and description of training received; reason for joining Royal Australian Air Force, 1/2/1942. REEL 2 Continues: employment; attitude to progress of war; opinion of Japanese; reaction to Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7/10/1941 and fall of Singapore, Malaya, 15/2/1942; use of propaganda. Aspects of training as pilot with Royal Australian Air Force in Australia, 1942-1943: description of flying training; flying training in De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth; sporting activities; first flight; opinion of Avro Anson aircraft. Aspects of voyage from Australia to GB, 1943; incident of homosexual advances aboard ship. REEL 3 Continues: attitude to homosexuality; arrival in Liverpool, GB; German Air Force raid; billeting in hotel in Brighton, GB. Aspects of flying training as pilot with Royal Air Force in GB, 1943: flying training on De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth; problem of bad weather; attitude to overseas service; flying training on Miles Master; comparison of Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane; opinion of Curtis Kittyhawk; daily life and living conditions in GB; recreational and sporting activities; story of emergency landing; photographic training; opinion of Miles Master; background to posting to North Africa, 1943. REEL 4 Continues: Recollections of operations as pilot with 450 (RAAF) Sqdn, No 239 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF in North Africa and Italy, 6/1943-5/1945: initial basing at RAF Heliopolis, Egypt; opinion of Arabs and hygiene; attitude to Japanese treatment of Allied prisoners of war; question of Japanese threat to Australia; move to Italy; opinion of commanding officer Squadron Leader Jack Doyle; story of accident with bomb; memories of commanding officer Squadron Leader Jack Doyle; length of operational tour; sporting activities; description of bombing various targets in Italy, including troop trains. REEL 5 Continues: comparison of dive-bombing tactics in Curtis Kittyhawk over land and sea; flying height; attitude to Lack of Moral Fibre (LMF) cases; need for weaving to avoid anti-aircraft fire; problem with sinuses; story of South African airmen; incident of being shot down over Italy, 1945; damage to aircraft; gliding to Allied lines and emergency landing; question of baling out; role in Operation Bowler, Venice, Italy, 21/3/1945, including attacks made on defences and ferries in Venice, Italy. REEL 6 Continues: training for Operation Bowler in Italy; prior recollection of aircraft catching fire and crash landing in desert in North Africa; memories of burying pilot; leave and recreational activities in Middle East and GB; opinion of American forces; reflections on period of wartime service.

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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)
Bannister, John (Recorder)
Watt, Stanley Milton (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2006-03-06
Dimensions: whole: Duration 180, Number Of Items 6
Catalogue number: 28758

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