Interviewee | KLINE, Frederick H. (b. 1918) |
Military Service | U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran |
Interview ID # | OH 1218 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | His experiences as a photographic laboratory technician in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Technical training at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado, 1942; Air Force Photo-Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1943; voluntary duty with the Flying Tigers, Kunming, China, 1943; flying "The Hump"; assignment to 14th Air Force Headquarters for photo-interpretation work; comments about General Claire Chennault; assignment as photo-intelligence officer for the 341st Medium Bomb Group, Yankai, China, 1944; aerial interdiction of Japanese railroad traffic in Indo-China; development of "glip"-bombing techniques to destroy railroad bridges; participation in bombing missions in a B-25; V-J Day and mustering out of the service. |
Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
Physical Description | 54 pp. plus documents (1 pp.) |
Terms of Use | Open |