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HUGHES, ROCHFORD - I/V

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Year
1994
Reference
13859
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Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1994
Reference
13859
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Duration
00:09:28
Broadcast Date
24 Jan 1994
Credits
RNZ Collection
Hughes, Rochford, approximately 1915-1996, Interviewee
Sullivan, Jim, 1946-, Interviewer

Air Marshall Sir Rochford Hughes (Ret) of Taupo interviewed by Jim
Sullivan. He recalls a German U Boat which was offshore from Napier in
January 1945. He met the Captain.
Interview broadcast 28/01/1994.

Part 1: NATO Commander of an air base in Holland near Willensaven. He talks about his relationship with Kapitan Timms of the Federal German Navy who was very complimentary about New Zealand and told him of his previous trip in his U Boat. The crew had seen Napier and some crew came ashore to Bay of Plenty, and crawled up the coast, and confirmed that they didn’t sink any New Zealand ships, having few torpedoes left. Hughes talks about being President of the Anglo-German society who were to welcome German servicemen into NATO.