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British trooper trained with 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in GB, 1959; trooper and NCO served with B Squadron, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Germany, 1959-1962; NCO served as observer with Air Squadron, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Germany, 1962-1963; trained as pilot with Army Air Corps in GB, 1963; served with Air Squadron, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Germany, Northern Ireland and Aden, 1964-1967; civilian pilot and instructor with Bristow Helicopters Ltd in GB, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Sea, South Africa, Germany and France, 1968-1997

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REEL 1 Background in GB, Germany and Malaya, 1941-1958: family; father's military service; education in GB and Germany; seasickness on voyage to Malaya; situation in Malaya and Singapore; education in Malaya; return to GB, 1958. Recollections of enlistment and training with 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in GB, 1959: enlistment, 1/1/1959; induction process; method of making bed; preparations for inspections. REEL 2 Continues: treatment by instructors; drill and importance of carrying out orders; method of polishing boots; punishments; arms training; physical training; opinion of food; adjusting to army life. REEL 3 Continues: passing out parade; start of trade training and allocation to signals training; signals training; radio procedure; instructors; signals training in field; driving course; driving armoured cars. Aspects of period as signals instructor with 15/19th Hussars at Barnard Castle in GB, 1959: attachment as instructor; method of teaching recruits. Recollections of period as trooper and NCO with B Sqdn, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Germany, 1959-1963: posting to regiment. REEL 4 Continues: border patrol and behaviour of East German border guards; organisation of regiment; role of regiment in British Army of the Rhine (BAOR); cold conditions during exercise, 11/1959; exercises with Americans and West Germans; posting to unit Air Sqdn, 1963; role of scout car commander in Ferret Armoured Car; independent operations of armoured cars; armoured car armament including use of High-Explosive Squash Head (HESH) charges; exercises and opinion of Soviet forces; nature of exercises; fatigue during exercises. REEL 5 Continues: Aspects of period as observer with Air Sqdn, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Germany, 1962-1963: allocation to squadron as observer; role of observer; character of Saunders-Roe Skeeter Helicopter; applying for flying course. Recollections of period of flying training with Army Air Corps at RAF Boscombe Down in GB, 1963: aptitude tests; flying training in De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk; instructors; flying circuit; practising forced landings; recovering from spin; incident involving low cloud after aerobatics; start of helicopter flying training. REEL 6 Continues: method of controlling helicopter; case of students who failed to control helicopter; flying circuits; soloing; reasons for students not completing course; landing in confined areas; landing helicopter; explanation of transitional lift; description of helicopter controls; need for gentle movements; pattern of army helicopter training; technique for spotting for artillery. REEL 7 Continues: reconnaissance of bridge during operational training; story of low-level flying incident in North Ireland, 1965; navigation; nature of briefings; problems with weather in Brecon Beacons; contrast between flying aircraft and helicopters; later story of engine stopping whilst civilian instructor with Bristow Helicopters Ltd; method of controlling helicopter on engine failure; receiving wings, 12/1963; flying clothing worn. Recollections of period as NCO with Air Sqdn, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Germany and Northern Ireland, 1964-1966: flight over Germany in poor weather, 1/1964. REEL 8 Continues: organisation of Air Squadron; pre-flight checks; method of starting Saunders-Roe Skeeter Helicopter; character of Saunder-Roe Skeeter Helicopter; incidents of engine failure; question of how the Air Sqdn helicopters were used in regiment; increasing use of helicopters by British Army; character of exercises; unit casualty. REEL 9 Continues: move to RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland; retesting of aircrew; relations with civilians; standing by on anniversary of Easter Uprising, 24/4/1966; appearing at air shows; performance during air show during recruitment drive in Wales; exercising on Otterburn Training Area; lack of restrictions on low-level flying; story of low-level flying incident in Northern Ireland. Recollections of operations as NCO with Air Sqdn, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Aden, 8/1966-6/1967: flight to Aden with advanced party, 8/1966; initial reaction to climate; description of Crater. REEL 10 Continues: description of Aden; accommodation; terrain in Aden; effects of rainfall; climate in Aden; size and role of advanced party; description of Bell 47 Helicopter; conversion from Saunders Roe Skeeter to Bell 47 Helicopter; helicopter performance of helicopters in Aden; navigation in desert; conditions inside helicopter and clothing worn; duties flying in Radfan; camp conditions. REEL 11 Continues: nature of firing on camp; problems with dust; destruction of helicopter's bubble by eagle; attachment to Arab battalion; under mortar fire in camp; duties flying Arab officer around to hill villages and casualty evacuation; personal armament; impressions of Arab troops; contrast in reception from civilians in different locations. REEL 12 Continues: narrow escape from Arab rifleman in wadi; attachment to 1st Bn Argyll and Sutherlands Highlanders, 6/6/1967; nature of situation in Aden; familiarisation flight given to Colonel Colin Mitchell; source of unrest in Federal forces; duties flying troops to picket, morning 20/6/1967; start of insurgency amongst Aden Armed Police in Crater; sight of ambushed British Land Rovers, 20/6/1967; under ground fire and wounding; forced landing in ravine; wounding of Lance Corporal Jim Keightley by helicopter rotors; his rescue from helicopter by Fusilier John Duffy. REEL 13 Continues: arrival of helicopters and evacuation; problems evacuating Lance Corporal Jim Keightley; hospitalisation; hearing story of John Storey who had escaped ambush by insurgents; memories of Fusilier John Duffy; nature of knee wound. Aspects of period of hospitalisation in GB, 1967-1968: evacuation from Aden to GB; reaction to sight of wound in Greenwich Hospital; problems with psycho-therepy; how journalist broke into hospital to interview him and Jim Keightley. REEL 14 Continues: treatment at Chester; further medical treatment on knee; application to leave army; leaving Chester to obtain civilian helicopter license, 2/1968; last contact with Fusilier John Duffy; loss of personal equipment during hospitalisation. Recollections of period as civilian pilot with Bristow Helicopters Ltd in GB, Iran, Indonesian, Malaysia, North Sea 1968-1997: flying examinations to obtain civilian licence; introduction to flying with company; locations of company operations. REEL 15 Continues: first job for company at air show; nature of work in Iran; relations with Iranians; living conditions in camp; visit to mine; problems with weather, 12/1968; converting to Bell Jet Ranger. REEL 16 Continues: how company engineers flying out to Sumatra, Indonesia were on the ill fated British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 712 where Flight Attendent Barbara Jane Harrison won the George Cross, 8/4/1968; nature of oil exploration work in Sumatra, Indonesia; rations for exploration crews; accommodation; weather conditions and flying hours; water skiing and reasons for not continuing with it; loads carried for drilling rigs; helicopter accident. REEL 17 Continues: technique for landing in clearing; reasons why helicopters involved in accidents were not recovered; operating in hot temperatures; pilot's encounter with tiger; fate of two tigers who were watching tree cutting operation; loads carried by helicopter; loss of tree cutting crew members to tigers; encounters with leeches and pythons; prawns provided for party prior to leaving; work rota; flying loads to oil rigs. REEL 18 Continues: search for crown section of rig; incident of forced landing whilst carrying passenger in helicopter; engineer who married local girl; amusing story of alcohol drinking pet orang-utan; nature of medical treatment; character of Westland Wessex; incident of loss of engine in Westland Wessex. REEL 19 Continues: story of Americans crew who clashed with Indonesian porters; work on contract for offshore operations off the coast of Malaysia; witnessing shark fishing; return to GB for conversion to Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter, 1973; flying to oil rigs in North Sea; landing on oil rig in high winds, 6/1975; training for role; procedure for ditching in sea; training in dunking tank; incident of company Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter which slipped off oil rig and ditched. REEL 20 Continues: ditching of company Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter which was evacuating oil rig worker with broken leg; duties standing by for emergency evacuation of defective oil rig; conditions on barge landing deck during in high winds; landing on rescue ship during heavy swell; types of helicopters operated in North Sea; how company took over Search and Rescue service in Southampton area; setting up Search and Rescue service in Brent Oil Field and demonstration for senior RAF officer. REEL 21 Continues: ship servicing duties in Durban, South Africa; helicopter crew who ditched in shark infested waters; opinion of Westland Whirlwind; end of contract, 1977; instructional training course, 1978; instructional duties at Redhill Aerodrome; reasons for student not passing course when he failed forced landing exercise; question of degree of qualifications needed for helicopter pilot trainees; training foreign pilots; further details of student who failed forced landing exercise. REEL 22 Continues: character of test trial work for BAe Missile Programme in Germany; amusing story of HM Customs checking bag of tomatoes; start of charter work; heavy lift work in GB; further details of test work for BAe Missile Programme; conversion onto Sikorsky S-76 Helicopter; charter work. REEL 23 Continues: heavy lift work in London, GB; attending sporting and music events; film work; flight to Romania; company charter work to Germany and Isle of Man; transporting transplant organs; charter work for Saudi prince in Mediterranean. REEL 24 Continues: Mediterranean cruises during charter work for Saudi prince in Mediterranean; singer Michael Jackson's visit to ship; daily routine; retirement from Bristow Helicopter Ltd, 31/10/1997. Aspects of work as freelance consultant in GB, 1997-1999: continued work for Saudi prince; joining helicopter company as operations manager in High Wycombe; heart problems and medical treatment. REEL 25 Continues: reasons for not returning to helicopter flying; attitude towards flying career.

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Category: Sound
Creator: IWM (Production Company)
McDonough, Richard (Recorder)
Forde, Martin (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2013-05-21
Dimensions: whole: Duration 750, Number Of Items 25
Catalogue number: 33894

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Forde, Martin
Mitchell, Colin Campbell
Harrison, Barbara Jane
British Army, Army Air Corps
Aircraft Company, Bristow Helicopters Ltd
Royal Air Force, Station, Aldergrove
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Helicopter, British: Saunders-Roe Skeeter
Helicopter, US: Bell 47
Helicopter, US: Bell Jet Ranger
Helicopter, US: Sikorsky S-61
Helicopter, British: Westland Wessex

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