Interview with pilot on Army Co-operation work in France (Wing Commander Charles)

Recording in which Wing Commander Charles outlines the range of tasks undertaken by the RAF’s Army Co-operation squadrons.

Wing Commander Charles explains the various tasks carried out by the RAF's Army Co-operation squadrons in France and Belgium in 1940, including low-level reconnaissance, artillery spotting, communications and supply dropping. He describes an engagement between a Lysander and several Messerschmitt 110s and comments on the necessity for RAF personnel attached to Army units to fight as infantry.