| Title |
Stanley G. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, January 18, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 310-311 |
| Alternative Title |
Stanley G. Smith, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Smith, Stanley G., 1923-2013 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-01-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England; Germany; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Smith, Stanley G., 1923-2013--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
B-17 bomber; POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (57 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Stanley G. Smith on January 18, 2002. This is from tape numbers 310 and 311 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Stanley G. Smith (b. 1923 in Seattle) grew up in Salt Lake and joined the Air Force in December 1942. He trained in Santa Ana, Visalia, Merced, and Stockton, California. He was sent to Ardmore, Oklahoma, where he trained in a B-17. He recalls his experiences while stationed in Lavenham, England; discusses missions, strategies, fellow crew members, being shot down over Cologne, and his internment in Stalag Luft Three. 57 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
57 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6bz858z |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019704 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz858z |
| Title |
Page 17 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019661 |
| OCR Text |
Show TANLEY G. MITH Janua 1 2 02 w r operating, and had been flying as copilots for some time we did shar th fir t pil t tim . We became first pilots, but we didn't have the opportunity to manage a crew. WIN: So, where did you go for your final training in multi-engine? STA: After we graduated in March 1944 we were up at Hammer Field near Fresno for just a week or two until they had a place for us. And we went to Ardmore for crew training. First, we went back out to Lincoln to get a crew together, but were just there for a day or two. WIN: And that's where you met .. ? STA: That's where I met Bailey, Frank Donald Bailey, from Evergreen Avenue, Salt Lake City. Then we went from there to Ardmore for what was called transition training in operating aircraft. WIN: What airplane was that? STA: That was the B-17. That was an interesting time, as I remember, because the big question was when D-Day was going to occur. We had a very interesting intelligence officer there who used to tell us at briefings-he'd say, "This invasion is going to happen between the first and the tenth of June." And he said, "You can count on it." He said, "The moon is going to be right and everything else. The tide will be right." He said, "It's going to happen." WIN: When was this? ST A: This was in-let's see, we graduated in March. We got down to Ardmore probably about the last week in March. Of course, things were building up there, and he wasn't a long way away from the actual happening. But I know at least a week ahead he fixed that pretty well right on that span. WIN: I hope there weren't a lot of German spies lurking around when he was telling you. 15 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz858z/1019661 |
