Interview with Harry Algar. Title Interview with Harry Algar. He started his training on Tiger Moths but was then sent to Canada to re-muster as a bomb aimer. He describes his role and his duties as a bomb aimer. Harry recalls some of his operations, including: coming back from an operation to Poland targeting the German fleet, they encountered heavy fog and managed to land safely at Carnaby airfield thanks to the fog dispersal system; taking part at the Dresden operation on the 13th of February ; operation to Nordhausen on the 4th of April to disrupt V2 rocket launches on London.
He took part in Operation Exodus. At the end of the war, was posted to India. After the war, he trained as a navigator and flew on Neptunes, Bs and Shackletons. Harry recalls fire-watching as a little boy during the Blitz in London and tells of a bomb dropping a few hundred yards away from him, leaving him unscathed.
Creator David Kavanagh. Date Temporal Coverage Spatial Coverage Germany. Great Britain. Coverage Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command. Royal Australian Air Force. Language eng.
Type Sound. Format audio recording. Conforms To Pending review. Pending revision of OH transcription. Contributor Peter Schulze.
Maureen Clarke. DK: Ok, [unclear], I can always amend it later. So, just leave that there. So, what I wanted to ask you Harry was first of all, what were you doing immediately before the war? HA: Not really, no, and so I joined the, what was it called? So what did you feel when you were called up into the Air Force, what were you? And what were you hoping to do once you joined? DK: Is it the biplanes, the Tiger Moths?
