OH 1468 | Oral History

OH 1468

Attorney. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. His youth and education in Dallas, Texas; matriculation to the University of Texas, 1941; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, December, 1941; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; pre-flight training and college preparatory program, Stevens Point State Teachers College, Wisconsin, 1943; advanced basic training, Santa Ana Army Air Field, California, 1943; primary flight training, Blythe, California, 1943; basic flight training, Lemoore, California, 1943; advanced flight training, La Junta, Colorado, 1943-44; B-17 transition training, Hobbs, New Mexico, 1944; crew formation, MacDill Field, Florida, 1944; crew training, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1944; flight from Gander, Newfoundland, to Prestwick, Scotland, December, 1944; assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn, England, January, 1945; his description of the routine for a typical mission; his description of formation flying; his description of flying through enemy flak; rest and relaxation on-base and in London; bombing of transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, January-February, 1945; area bombing mission to Berlin, February 7, 1945; mission to Prague, Czechoslovakia, and his plane being hit and crash-landing in Belgium, February 14, 1945; linking up with American troops and return to England; recuperation from a collapsed lung; his return to combat for three more missions; his return to the crash site of his plane fifty-seven years later.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 151 pp. plus documents (13 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald Marcello
Date of Interview October 16, 2002 to October 27, 2002

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