| Title |
Ray E. Brim, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 25, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 109 |
| Alternative Title |
Ray E. Brim, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Brim, Ray E., 1922- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-06-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Dividend, Utah County, Utah, United States; Germany; London, England, United Kingdom |
| Subject |
Brim, Ray E., 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Mining towns; Pearl Harbor; Military aircraft; Pilot training; B-17; England; Bovingdon; 92nd Bomb Group; 482nd Bomb Group; Pathfinders; 100th Bomb Group; Air Force; Korea |
| Description |
Transcript (36 pages) of interview by Winston P. Erickson with Ray E. Brim on June 25, 2001. This is tape number 109 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Brim (b. 1922) volunteered for the Army Air Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After eight months of training he was assigned to Paine Field, near Seattle, Washington, where he flew P-39 aircraft. He recalls training on B-17s and his experiences in Africa and England. Brim remained in the service and retired as a colonel in 1975. 36 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
36 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/s6612zj7 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020633 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6612zj7 |
| Title |
Page 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020612 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY E. BRIM June 25, 2001 lot easier Then we moved from Tulare to Lemoore, Cahfornia for our basic training. And there we flew BT-13s. I had a lot of fun with new people, and we used to go to Fresno, Cahfomia for weekends when we could get some liberty It was a good expenence. From there, I went to Luke Field to become a fighter pilot. WIN: Again, in Anzona outside of Phoenix? RAY: Outside of Phoenix. We were flying AT -6s at that time. WIN: So each time you got a bigger, more powerful airplane? RAY: A bigger and more powerful airplane. I graduated on the 29th of September of 1942. WIN: So you had eight months of training, basically? RAY: Yes, basically, eight months of training. Of that I would say six months, maybe closer to seven months, actual flying. We always had ground schools to go to at each of these places. For some reason they thought Morse code was extremely important to us, but we never used It after we got out of flight training. When we were all ready to leave I was assigned to Paine Field, which IS up near Seattle, Washington, to fly P-39s. We were In what, at that time, was called the Western Training Division. We were confined to the base. Just before we were to go on leave our orders had changed. Using a very scientific way of selecting people they went down the hst, and every other name was sent to training in B-24s or B-17s. And that's how I got into B-17s. I was very disappointed. But, in retrospect, I am here today because I think somebody used a scientific way of directing where you would go 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6612zj7/1020612 |
