An interview/narrative of John Lawrence Plant's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Air Vice-Marshal Plant served with Pearkes on the Avro Arrow programme. Interview took place on December 18, 1972.

ABSTRACT: Air Vice-Marshal John L. Plant, 18 December 1972. 32pp. (notes and letter to Dr. R.H. Roy) The beginning of NORAD. The Avro Arrow programme which contained some very expensive systems. Acted as General Manager of Avro. Americans reluctant to buy the aircraft. The Arrow took so long to develop that the Americans had their own fighter on the drawing board before the Arrow was ready. Some comment on the apparent inability of Canadians to effectively produce highly sophisticated weapons systems. Aircraft vs. Bomarc controversy.

Interviewee: Plant, John Lawrence, b. 1910

Rank: Air Vice-Marshal. Medals and Honours: Order of the British Empire (CBE); Air Force Cross (AFC)

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Plant, John Lawrence, b. 1910
• Roy, Reginald H.

Subject

• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
• Military history
• North American Aerospace Defense Command

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 18, 1972

Relation

• Part of the Social Sciences Research Centre collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 80 min.) : 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 1 sound cassette copy : standard, mono. 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

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

Archival item identifier

• PJL_239

Fonds title

• Reginald Herbert Roy fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC104

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/reginald-herbert-roy-fonds

Date digitized

• June 21, 2011

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. Transferred from audio reel to audio cassette between 1987-1997. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2011. 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/wgtv-kk74

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