Interview with Ronald Douglas Forrest

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British naval airman trained as pilot with Fleet Air Arm at No 31 Elementary Flying Training School, RCAF at RCAF St Eugene and No 31 Service Flying Training School, RCAF at RCAF Kingston in Canada, 1944-1945; midshipman served as pilot with 728 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1945-1946; officer served as pilot with Nos 783 and 767 Naval Air Sqdns, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1947-1950; served with 827 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Triumph in Far East and off Korean Peninsula, 1950; served with 827 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB and Malta, 1951-1952; served with 750 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1952-1953; served as flying instructor with No 1 Flying Training School, RAF at RAF Syerston, GB, 1954-1956; served with 767 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm at HMS Peregrine, Royal Naval Air Station Ford, GB, 1956-1957; commanded Dartmouth Air Training School at HMS Condor, Naval Air Station Arbroath, GB, 1957-1958; served with Examination Flight at HMS Fulmar, Royal Naval Air Station Lossiemouth, GB, 1958-1960

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REEL 1 Background in GB, 1926-1944: family; education. Aspects of enlistment and training as naval airman with Fleet Air Arm at HMS St Vincent, Gosport, GB, 1944: selection process; interest in aviation; seamanship training; drill; accommodation. Aspects of journey from GB to Canada, 1944: conditions at Aircrew Dispersal Centre, RAF at RAF Heaton Park, GB; conditions aboard troopship SS Nieuw Amsterdam; reception arrival in New York, United States of America; train journey from New York, United States of America to New Brunswick, Canada; ground instruction. Recollections of period of flying training as naval airman with Fleet Air Arm at No 31 Elementary Flying Training School, RCAF at RCAF St Eugene, Canada, 1944: allocation of instructor. REEL 2 Continues: use of pilots' notes; character of Fairchild Cornell Mk II; aircraft check; landing on snow; roll, pitch and yaw of aircraft; role of throttle; basic aircraft control; first flight; description of circuit; description of turning aircraft; taxiing aircraft. REEL 3 Continues: method of taxiing; method of taking off; reasons why aircraft take off into wind; description of aircraft checks; strapping into cockpit; cockpit checks; starting aircraft; checking mixture; procedures prior to take off from runway; role of instructor during take off. REEL 4 Continues: method of landing aircraft and checks required; need to judge height; reasons for recruits failing course; spinning and method of recovering aircraft; stalling aircraft; sequence of instruction prior to soloing; need for awareness of surroundings; question of not turning back to airfield on engine failure; forced landing training. REEL 5 Continues: soloing aircraft and time given to students to solo; immediate training sequence after soloing; method of dropping torpedoes; aerobatic training including different types of loop, roll and stall turns. REEL 6 Continues: description of flick roll; question of different attitude of pilots to aerobatics; night flying; cross-country navigation; weather conditions; borderline pilots; final checks on pilots; how some pilots are affected by difficult flying conditions. REEL 7 Continues: Recollections of period of flying training as naval airman with Fleet Air Arm at No 31 Service Flying Training School, RCAF at RCAF Kingston, Canada, 1944-1945: impressions of North American Harvard; problems with undercarriage not being selected; instructional procedure; precautionary landings; sequence of instruction; nature of formation flying; dive-bombing and air-to-air gunnery; instrument flying; description of Link Trainer; importance of trusting instruments. REEL 8 Continues: stalling aircraft; description of hammer stall; reasons for use of yellow coloured aircraft; nature of low-level flying; reasons for students failing course; receiving wings and promotion to petty officer. Aspects of commissioning as midshipman into Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1945: commissioning at HMS Macaw, Royal Naval Air Station Bootle; allocation to torpedo-bomber role; leave. Aspects of period as pilot with 728 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1945-1946: numbering of Fleet Air Arm squadrons; character of Fairey Barracuda; familiarisation flight in Fairey Barracuda; impressions of Fairey Barracuda. REEL 9 Continues: prior recollection of sight of jet test-bed Vickers Wellington; leave at end of Second World War; attending twin engined course; opinion of Airspeed Oxford. Aspects of period as pilot with 783 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1947-1949: joining squadron at HMS Condor, Royal Naval Air Station Arbroath; training duties; taking four year short service commission; move to HMS Daedalus, Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent; problems with Fairey Barracuda Mk V; method of carrying out torpedo and bombing attacks; opinion of Fairey Barracuda Mk V; role of crew members in Fairey Barracuda. REEL 10 Continues: arrival of transferred personnel from Royal Air Force. Aspects of period as pilot with 767 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1950: joining squadron for conversion to Fairey Firefly Mk I; character of Fairey Firefly Mk I; deck landing course at HMS Heron, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton; technique for carrying out Aerodrome Dummy Deck Landings (ADDLs); character of batman's signals; deck landings on HMS Illustrious; taking off from aircraft carrier; barrier arrangements on aircraft carrier; need to catch wire when landing on aircraft carrier. REEL 11 Continues: location of batsman on aircraft carrier; need to keep head out of cockpit during approach to aircraft carrier; initial impressions of aircraft carrier from air; problems with Supermarine Seafire aircraft landing on aircraft carriers. Recollections of period as pilot with 827 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Triumph in Far East, 1950: flight from GB to Hong Kong including landing at RAF Kai Tak; ashore in Hong Kong awaiting arrival of HMS Triumph; character of HMS Triumph; integration of squadron replacements; role of seaman aboard aircraft carrier; maintenance crew for aircraft; role of pilot's mates; role of Little F and Commander F in carrier air operations; role of Commander Flying; squadron officers non flying roles; arrangement of mess decks. REEL 12 Continues: prior recollection of flying Miles Martinet and Supermarine Seafire; joining aircraft carrier; visits to Japan, including discovery of training method of Japanese Kamikaze pilots; visit to Hiroshima, Japan; impressions of Japan; relations with Japanese civilians; social activities. Recollections of operations as pilot with 827 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Triumph off Korean Peninsula, 6/1950-9/1950: hearing of North Korean attack on South Korea, 6/1950; formation of West Coast Support Group; taking off at night; attack on airfield at Haeju, North Korea, 3/7/1950. REEL 13 Continues: briefing prior to take off; nature of first attack on airfield at Haeju, North Korea, 3/7/1950; dispersal of aircraft on airfields; time taken over airfield; leaving target; reaction to successful attack on airfield; method of firing rockets; attacks on coastal shipping sailing from Pyongyang, North Korea; discovery of South Koreans murdered by North Korean forces; attacking North Korean People's Navy gunboats; reasons for daylight patrols. REEL 14 Continues: area of operations off west coast of Korean Peninsula; sight of damaged aircraft landing on USS Valley Forge; types of anti-aircraft fire encountered; issue of personal firearm and survival kit; arrangements for forced landings; Combat Air Patrols (CAPs) provided over aircraft carrier; climatic conditions; covering landings at Inchon, 9/1950; spotting for naval bombardment; rotation of operations; state of aircraft by end of tour; landing on after operations; opinion of Hawker Sea Fury. REEL 15 Continues: Recollections of period as pilot with 827 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB and Malta, 1951-1952: second appointment to squadron; disbandment of squadron; character of Blackburn Firebrand; formatting at night; method of night attacks; night exercise against United States Navy aircraft carrier; visibility problems landing Blackburn Firebrand on aircraft carrier; move to Malta; working routine in Malta; problems flying in formation over sea at night; demanding nature of deck landings. REEL 16 Continues: Aspects of period as pilot with 750 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in GB, 1952-1953: joining squadron; characteristics of Percival Sea Prince; description of 'clean' and 'dirty' passes; qualifying as instrument rating officer and consequences. Recollections of period as flying instructor with No 1 Flying Training School, RAF at RAF Syerston, GB, 1954-1956: qualifying as flying instructor at Central Flying School, RAF at RAF Little Rissington; attitude towards flying instruction. Aspects of period as pilot with 767 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm at HMS Peregrine, Royal Naval Air Station Ford, GB, 1956-1957: jet conversion course; first flight in Hawker Sea Hawk; contrast between flying Hawker Sea Hawk and De Havilland DH.115 Vampire; converting American trained pilots to GB air conditions. Aspects of period commanding Dartmouth Air Training School at HMS Condor, Royal Naval Air Station Arbroath, GB, 1957-1958: appointment to school; role of school; Admiral's Inspection. Aspects of period as officer aboard HMS Starling in GB coastal waters: problems with captain. Aspects of period as pilot with Examination Flight at HMS Fulmar, Royal Naval Air Station Lossiemouth, GB, 1958-1960: role and duties. REEL 17 Continues: opinion of Hawker Hunter; method of landing on runaway from steep dive with Hawker Hunter. Attitude to flying with Fleet Air Arm.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
McDonough, Richard (Recorder)
Forrest, Ronald Douglas (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2011-09-22
Dimensions: whole: Duration 510, Number Of Items 17
Catalogue number: 33497

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