Interviewer: Nicks, Jennifer

An interview/narrative of John Calder's experiences during World War II. Flight Lieutenant Calder served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Interview took place on February 16, 2005.

ABSTRACT: Flight Lieutenant John M. Calder Royal Canadian Air Force Calder_J_0117_01.mp3 Flight Lieutenant Calder served with 235 Squadron in Coastal Command. He flew Mosquito's and Beaufighters. He was also awarded a DFC for his engagement with four Dornier 217s of which two were shot down and two were damaged. He was responsible for flying armed rovers, which were, essentially, seek and destroy missions. He also had the opportunity to escort a damaged aircraft into an airfield that was under fire.

Interviewee: Calder, John M.

Rank: Flight Lieutenant.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Nicks, Jennifer
• Calder, John M.

Subject

• Military history
• World War (1939-1945)
• Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
• World War (1914-1918)

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 16, 2005

Relation

• Title of paper: "Experiences Flying in the Air Force: Oral Sources in Comparison with Secondary Sources". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Experiences-Flying-in-the-Air-Force-Oral-Sources-in-Comparison-with-Secondary-Sources.pdf
• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• One original digital audio MiniDisc (ca. 80 min.) ; 1 sound cassette copy in Special Collections.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• sound recordings
• reminiscences
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• JMC_117

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• May 17, 2010

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2010. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/kfey-qf84

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