About This Item
Identifier
101-0012-029
Title
Interview with Mabel Collette (nee Harvey) & interview with Gerald Ernest RAF
Description
World War 2 interview women work for Mabel Colette and World War 2 RAF interview for Gerald Ernest
Type
Item
Format
1 Minidisc & 1 Compact Audio Tape
Date
05 Jan 2005
Contributor
BHAC
Language
English
Rights
Copyright situation unknown/other, contact HCE
Publisher
Contact HCE if you would like to use or reproduce this item
Relation
105-0012-021
Subject
Born in 1924, joined ATC, then got into airforce RAF; basic training and engineer courses; not stationed abroad due to skin colour; racial discrimination, moved because dating English girl; in boxing team; father in Merchant Navy, torpedoed but survived; brother in Army; air raid shelters and bombing in Butetown; not good memories of RAF, lot of racial discrimination of officers and others
Interviewee
Mabel Collette nee Harvey, Gerald Ernest
Interviewer
Monique Ennis
Digital File
No
Storage Location
Glamorgan Archives and National Library of Wales
Conditions of Access
Open
British Library Ref
UNLW023/314
Citation
“Interview with Mabel Collette (nee Harvey) & interview with Gerald Ernest RAF,” The Heritage & Cultural Exchange Archive, accessed May 7, 2024, https://hcearchive.org.uk/items/show/6859.