Flying Officer Wooldridge - raid on Rostock

Recording in which a pilot, Flying Officer Wooldridge, describes his first operation in an Avro Lancaster.

Flying Officer Wooldridge, a pilot, gives his account of a raid on a Heinkel factory at Rostock, in which he flew an Avro Lancaster for the first time on operations. He describes anti-aircraft fire, the sight of the burning city from the air and aspects of the Lancaster's performance.