Keith Park interview: The Battle of Britain

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Year
1948
Reference
35565
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1948
Reference
35565
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:14:50
Broadcast Date
14 Sep 1948
Credits
RNZ Collection
Park, Keith, 1892-1975, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Melvin, Kenneth Hector, Interviewer

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park [the New Zealander who commanded the Royal Air Force during World War II] gives a detailed account of the Battle of Britain with descriptions of the relative strength of Luftwaffe, RAF, tactics, questions from Winston Churchill regarding reserve forces how the Luftwaffe moved onto bombing the cities, incorrectly assuming the RAF was a spent force. The interviewer is probably Kenneth Melvin.