Interview with William Robert Utting

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Australian NCO served as pilot with 460 (RAAF) Sqdn, No 1 Group, Bomber Command, RAF in GB, 9/1944-5/1945

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REEL 1 Background in Perth, Australia, 1922-1941: family; education; lack of effects of Depression; attitude towards British monarchy; reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; three month service with 10th Light Horse in Citizen Military Forces; 1941; prior knowledge of Royal Australian Air Force. Recollections of enlistment and training as NCO with Royal Australian Air Force in Australia and GB, 1942-1943: enlistment, 19/9/1941; period of deferred service, 9/1941-11/1942; reaction to first flight; ambition to become fighter pilot; method of instruction; pattern of training; degree of knowledge of war's progress; flying training on Avro Anson. REEL 2 Continues: voyage from Australia to United States of America, 1943; period in quarantine followed by visits to New York and Boston, United States of America; period at United States Army Camp Myles Standish, Taunton, United States of America; nature of voyage aboard HMT Mauritania from United States of America to GB; arrival in River Clyde, GB; initial impressions of Brighton, GB. REEL 3 Continues: degree of contact with civilians; familiarisation flight in De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth; move to RAF Kidlington, 2/1944; reaction to being in GB; relations with flying instructor; opinion of American military personnel; crewing up. Recollections of operations as pilot with 460 (RAAF) Sqdn, No 1 Group, Bomber Command, RAF in GB, 9/1944-5/1945: joining squadron at RAF Binbrook, 24/9/1944; characteristics of Avro Lancaster; cross-country training flights; skills of crew; further details of arrival at squadron, 24/9/1944; first operation as second pilot, 11/10/1944; briefing for operations; carrying document when operating near Soviet forces lines. REEL 4 Continues: reaction to participation in first operation; importance of staying on course; first operation as crew to Duisberg, Germany, 11/10/1944; bombing target; responsibility as pilot; crew; character of daylight operations; superstitions. REEL 5 Continues: anti-aircraft hit on aircraft during operation to Cologne, Germany, 28/10/1944; German Air Force night fighter attack on his aircraft during raid on Munich, Germany, 7/1/1945; corkscrew procedure; procedure for bailing out; sight of Avro Lancaster exploding during daylight raid; abortive mining operation off coast of Denmark, 14/1/1945; method of dealing with hung up bombs; increase in number of operational trips; loss of engine during raid on Dortmund, Germany, 20/2/1945; psychological effects of wartime service; participation in operation to Dresden, Germany, 13/2/1945; post-war effects on crew member of participation in operation to Dresden, Germany, 13/2/1945; personal attitude to taking part in operation to Dresden, Germany, 13/2/1945. REEL 6 Continues: pattern of final operations, 2/1945-3/1945; nature of final operation to Dessau, Germany, 7/3/1945; reaction to end of tour; VE Day celebrations, 8/5/1945; attitude to service with Royal Australian Air Force during Second World War.

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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)
Utting, William Robert (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2007-07-22
Dimensions: whole: Duration 180, Number Of Items 6
Catalogue number: 30079

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