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Tagged with "European Theater"

  • OH 1107
    Businessman. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Flight training; flight from the U. S. to Grafton-Underwood, England; personal relationship with General Curtis LeMay; missions and German defenses; nineteenth…
  • OH 1109
    Businessman. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-flight and flight training, 1943; assignment to 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, at Stone, England; characteristics of the B-17G; first mission,…
  • OH 1264
    Businessman. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-flight, primary flight, and advanced flight training in the U. S., 1943-44; training in the B-17 at Roswell, New Mexico, 1944; comments about individual…
  • OH 1288
    Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15, USS Randolph, USS Noble. His experiences as a PT boat skipper in the North African and European Theaters and various other duties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early naval career, 1941-42; assignment to…
  • OH 1307
    His experiences as a B-24 gunner in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; gunnery school, Tindall Field, Florida, and Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, 1943; assignment to the 493rd Bomb Group, 1943;…
  • OH 1312
    His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Depression era odd jobs; decision to join the Army, July, 1940; Fort Benning, Georgia, 1940-41, and assignment to the 4th Signal Company; Camp Gordon, Georgia, 1941-1943; Camp Gordon…
  • OH 1314
    His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Prewar work experience; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942; pre-flight training, West Texas State Teachers College, Canyon, Texas, 1942; primary…
  • OH 1330
    Business executive. His experiences as a statistics control officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and business experience in the dairy industry; entry into the Army, December 29, 1941; Air Forces Administrative…
  • OH 1339
    Mechanical engineer. His experiences as a B-26 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. His pre-service work experiences assembling the B-26 for the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland; flying characteristics of the B-26; basic…
  • OH 1369
    His experiences as a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, 1943; pre-flight training,…
  • OH 1402
    His experiences as a B-24 navigator; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Cadet Classification Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1943; basic…
  • OH 1410
    His experiences as a B-24 bombardier in the European Theater; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, January, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas…
  • OH 1413
    His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. His enrollment in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1940; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1942…
  • OH 1419
    His experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Service in the U.S. Navy, 1936-40; employment with the Cincinnati Police Department, 1940-42; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, October 15, 1942; basic…
  • OH 1429
    Artist. His experiences as a combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II. Educational background; ROTC, John Tarleton Agricultural College, Stephenville, Texas, 1941-42; basic training, Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1942;…
  • OH 1474
    Attorney. His experiences in the North African and European Theaters during World War II. Education at the South Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas, 1936-40; employment with the Shell Oil Company, 1936-41; induction into the Army, December 2, 1941…
  • OH 1568
    His experiences as a B-24 pilot in the European theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. His youth during the Great Depression in Toledo, Ohio; college at the University of Toledo and Columbia University…
  • OH 1856
    Retired Santa Fe Railroad agent. Childhood in rural North Texas; the Great Depression; war work at Consolidated Steel Shipyard; draft into infantry; training at Camp Howze and Camp Livingston; European Theater; push from Cologne to Altena, Germany;…
  • OH 1863
    Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.