| Description | His experiences as a B-24 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. His education and employment in the oil industry; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Victory Field, Vernon, Texas, 1942; his washing out of pilot training; ground school, Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, 1942; bombardier training, Midland Air Force Base, Midland, Texas, 1942; navigator training, Hondo, Texas, 1942; duty as an instructor at Midland Air Force Base, 1942-43; radar training, Boca Raton, Florida, 1943; H2X radar training at Langley Field, Virginia, 1943; his assignment to the 14th Bomb Wing, 2nd Bomb Division, in England as a lead bombardier, 1944; his description of German flak and fighter opposition; his transfer to the 392nd Bomb Group, 1944; his comments about various combat missions; his promotion to group navigator, 1944; description of the typical post-mission routine; his role in the postwar evaluation of Allied bomb damage to German cities; his return to the States and mustering out of the military, October, 1945. |
