S Bond]]> C Hobbs]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1947]]> Cliff mentions that he had interviewed his pilot Peter Fotherby, looking for further information about some incidents. He describes volunteering for the RAF and training as an air gunner in Ansons. He was posted to the Middle East, trained and crewed up at 76 OTU. Cliff mentions bulls eye and searchlight cooperation sorties and talks about his pilot Peter Fotherby. He joined 104 Squadron. He describes sorties with his Australian crew, as well as giving details of several other sorties, including being attacked by Ju 88, suffering flak damage and being followed by unidentified aircraft. He talks about a report on the performance of a captured Ju 88 versus a Wellington. Cliff describes an attack on airfield in Hungary with a 4000 lb bomb and an attack on a marshalling yard, which could still be seen burning from 100 miles away. There is discussion about how he felt about losses and how he coped. He talks about service as an MT driver in returning to UK. Cliff concludes with some discussion about Wellington gun turrets.

]]> S Bond]]> C Hobbs]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Middle East]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Austria]]> Hungary]]> Romania]]> Romania--Bucharest]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> 1942]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-03]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1947-04]]>