Conversation with Cliff Hobbs

Cliff mentions that he had interviewed his pilot Peter Fotherby, looking for further information about some incidents. He describes volunteering for RAF and training as an air gunner in Ansons. He was posted to Middle East, trained and crewed up at 76 OTU. Cliff mentions bulls eye and searchlight cooperation sorties and talks about his pilot Peter Fotherby. Cliff joins 104 Squadron. He describes sorties with Australian crew, as well as giving details of several other sorties, including being attacked by Ju 88, suffering flak damage and being closed by unidentified aircraft. He talks about thetrial of captured Ju 88 verses 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.