Interview with Timothy Orpe Adkin

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British naval airman trained with Fleet Air Arm in GB and United States of America, 1942-1943; officer served as pilot with 1850 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in United States of America and GB, 1944-1945; served with 1850 Naval Air Sqdn, 13th Carrier Air Group, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Vengeance, 11th Air Craft Carrier Sqdn, British Pacific Fleet in Indian Ocean and Pacific,1945; served with 1832 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1947-1952; served with 802 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Ocean off Korean Peninsula, 5/1952-11/1952

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REEL 1 Background in GB, 1924-1942: family; education; early interest in aviation; sight of aerial activity during Battle of Britain, 1940; excitement of children growing up during Second World War; background to enlistment in Fleet Air Arm; selection for Y Scheme; membership of Home Guard. Aspects of enlistment and training as naval airman with Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1942-1943: call-up to HMS Daedalus, Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent; move to HMS St Vincent, Gosport for continuation training; memories of Chief Petty Officer Wilmott; sea experience aboard yacht; adjustment to naval life; question of choices for flying career. REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of flying training with Fleet Air Arm in United States of America, 1943: voyage from GB to United States of America; move to Naval Air Station Grosse Ile; organisation of naval airmen under American supervision; initial familiarisation flight; flying Boeing PT-13 Stearman; taking off and landing; circuit and bumps; checking system; reaction to soloing; contrast between Boeing PT-13 Stearman and other aircraft; spinning; move to Naval Air Station Pensacola; character of North American Harvard; pre-flight checks; pattern of training including aerobatics. REEL 3 Continues: description of Vought Corsair; reaction to sight of Vought Corsair crashing; first flight in Vought Corsair; design of Vought Corsair; question of overconfidence; air-to-air gunnery using drogue; qualities needed by fighter pilots; formation flying. Recollections of period as pilot with 1850 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in United States of America and GB, 1944-1945: formation of squadron at Naval Air Station Brunswick, United States of America, 1/8/1944; use of batsman to land on aircraft carriers; arrangement of arrester hooks on aircraft carriers. REEL 4 Continues: return to GB. Aspects of period as pilot with 1850 Naval Air Sqdn, 13th Carrier Air Group, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Vengeance, 11th Air Craft Carrier Sqdn, British Pacific Fleet in Indian Ocean and Pacific, 1945: joining aircraft carrier and move to Mediterranean, 2/1945; problems of navigating at speed; opinion of Fairey Barracuda; organisation of squadron ground crew; dangers of flight deck; move to Australia and opinion of dropping of atomic bombs on Japan, 8/1945; move to Hong Kong; demobilisation and return to civilian life, 1946. REEL 5 Continues: Aspects of period as pilot with 1832 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1947-1952: joining Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1947; pattern of training; character of Supermarine Seafire Mk XVII; attending jet aircraft conversion course, 1950; opinion of Hawker Sea Fury; contrast between flying jet and piston engined aircraft; use of early G-suits; stalling De Havilland DH.115 Sea Vampire T.22; camp on Malta; reasons for volunteering for tour during Korean War. Recollections of operations as pilot with 802 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Ocean off Korean Peninsula, 5/1952-11/1952: joining aircraft carrier; pattern of operations; first flight over North Korea; encounter with Chinese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft; providing close air support; bombing bridges; use of emergency air strip; wingman's forced landing and rescue. REEL 6 Continues: first take off using Rocket Assissted Take Off Gear (RATOG); threat from anti-aircraft fire; visit to front line in South Korea; night attack on transport in North Korea; degree of threat from Chinese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft; pilot who was shot down and captured; number of sorties carried out and question of fatigue; flying clothing worn; firearms carried; duration of tour; navigation over Korean Peninsula; targets attacked. REEL 7 Continues: North Korean camouflaging of transport; attack on irrigation dams; return to Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in GB and reasons for disbandment of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve squadrons, 1957; attitude to service with Fleet Air Arm.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
McDonough, Richard (Recorder)
Adkin, Timothy Orpe (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2010-03-02
Dimensions: whole: Duration 210, Number Of Items 7
Catalogue number: 32300

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