MOTAT oral history interview with William Leslie Bridget
Maker and role
William Bridget, Interviewee
Roger Munns, Interviewer
Production date
28 Feb 2005
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Object detail
Accession number
09-0743
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Description
Oral history interview with William Bridget covering his service as a navigator in RAF 101 and 75 (NZ) Squadrons during World War, 1939-1945. Describes operations in Bristol Blenheim and Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft, return to New Zealand, posting as a pilot to 40 Transport Squadron in the Pacific, and time in RAF, 1947-8.
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 sound disc (ca. 89 minutes) : digital.
Other title
William (Bill) Bridget
Credit line
William Bridget et al. 28 Feb 2005. MOTAT oral history interview with William Leslie Bridget, 09-0743. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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Interviews
Bridget, William (b.1902)
Anecdotes
World War, 1939-1945
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Vickers Wellington
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Bristol Blenheim
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Lockheed Ventura
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Bombers
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Aerial operations
Sound recording and reproducing
Anecdotes
New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force. Squadron 75
Oral history
Great Britain. Royal Air Force Bomber Command
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