Transcript of interview with harry Kartz

Transcript of interview with harry Kartz

Edited transcript including most of the content of the recorded interview. Harry described joining the civil air guard and then volunteering for the RAF. Initially hoping to be a pilot, medical issues meant that he was employed on several ground jobs before being trained as a wireless operator and then air gunner. He arrived on 9 Squadron in 1941 and flew 17 operations as a Wellington air gunner. He describes an operation to bomb Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, where they had an encounter with a Ju 88. He lists his crew and mentions other episodes of damaged aircraft. He commented on how robust the Wellington was to damage.

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