OH 1348 | Oral History

OH 1348

Business executive. His experiences as a P-38 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, November, 1942; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942-43; pre-flight training, Santa Ana, California, 1943; primary flight training at Rankin Air Base, Tulare, California, 1943; basic flight training, Marana, Arizona, 1943; advanced flight training, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, 1943-44; gunnery training, Ajo, Arizona, and Victorville, California, 1944; P-38 training at Santa Maria Air Force Base, Santa Maria, California, 1944; his description of the intricacies of flying a P-38; assignment to Nadzab, New Guinea, and mission to Rabaul, 1945; assignment to the 13th Air Force at Morotai, 1945; transfer to various airstrips in the Philippines, 1945; mission to Sumatra and the destruction of forty-seven locomotives, 1945; various missions to targets in the Philippines, 1945; activities between combat missions; postwar military activities in the Philippines; postwar adjustments to civilian life.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 127 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview October 27, 1999

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