Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Harry Burgoyne, 23 April 2014
Recorded interview with Harry Burgoyne, who served as a pilot in Hercules aircraft, including a USAF exchange tour, the 1982 Falklands War, the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War.
Harry Burgoyne remembers RAF pilot training, conversion to the Hercules and progression from co-pilot to captain. He describes an exchange tour on USAF C-141 aircraft and air-to-air refuelling training for the Falklands War. He describes the first air-refuelled Hercules air-drop sortie from Ascension Island to the Falklands task force in the South Atlantic. He recalls later Falklands tours with 1312 Flight, the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War.
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Object number | X005-6742/027 |
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Maker name | RAF Museum, Sqdn Ldr Harold Burgoyne, Mr Ewan Burnet, Mr Ewan Burnet |
Production date | 23 Apr 2014 |
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