{"id":320,"date":"2014-07-02T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T10:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=320"},"modified":"2015-12-17T11:41:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T11:41:59","slug":"episode-70-les-munro-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2014\/07\/episode-70-les-munro-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 70 &#8211; Les Munro Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6969\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-320-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_070_Les_Munro_Part_One.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_070_Les_Munro_Part_One.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_070_Les_Munro_Part_One.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_070_Les_Munro_Part_One.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=320-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_070_Les_Munro_Part_One.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_070_Les_Munro_Part_One.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/wings-over-new-zealand-show\/id606143097?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fcambridgeairforce.org.nz%2FWONZShow%2F%3Fp%3D320\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Guest:<\/strong> Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO, DFC<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Host:<\/strong> Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Interviewers:<\/strong> Dave Homewood and Richard Carstens<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 hour, 3 minutes, 25 seconds<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Topic:<\/strong> In this episode, part one of two, we hear an extremely interesting interview with Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO, DFC, RNZAF. He was one of the original members of the Royal Air Force&#8217;s most famous unit, No. 617 Squadron &#8211; The Dambusters.<\/p>\n<p>In this first instalment we hear about his younger life, and his entry into the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He covers his training in New Zealand and in Canada, and then his posting to England where he completed further training with an Operational Training Unit on Wellingtons followed by a short stint on the Avro Manchester. Then Les was posted to No. 97 Squadron RAF flying Avro Lancasters on operations over Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Following 21 ops he and most of his crew volunteered to join a newly forming &#8216;special squadron&#8217; at RAF Scampton, which would later be renamed No. 617 Squadron. Les details the training on this squadron leading right up to his take off for the famous Dams raid (which will be covered in the next episode).<\/p>\n<p>The interviewers are Dave Homewood and Richard Carstens, and this interview was recorded in April 2010.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/images\/Les-munro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the way the music clip is The Dambusters March by Eric Coates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO, DFC<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Interviewers: Dave Homewood and Richard Carstens<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Duration: 1 hour, 3 minutes, 25 seconds<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Topic: In this episode, part one of two, we hear an extremely interesting interview with Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO, DFC, RNZAF. 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