| 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 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020613 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY E. BRIM June 25, 2001 From Luke I came home to Salt lake City for about a week. And at that time, my now wife and I got back together We had some ups and downs, as all young people do. But I looked pretty good in that uniform with gold bars and silver wings, so our relationship was restored. I went on to Geiger Field In Spokane, Washington, and was assigned as a copilot on a crew The crew was assembled there. WIN: This was on a B-17? RAY: On a B-1 7 I walked out on-the first day I arrived at Geiger Field, and I looked at that B-17, it was so large. I crawled up and looked at all those Instruments, you know, With duplicates and everything. I was disappointed, but at the same time, It was a wonderful airplane. As I learned later on It could absorb a lot of damage and was a very forgiving airplane. And I think I am here today because of that. We left there shortly after the crew had been assigned and went to Casper, Wyoming. Four airplanes flew down to Casper, Wyoming to open up Casper as a training base. There were still wood shavings on the floor of the barracks that they had for us with a potbellied stove in the center of the room, two bunk beds for four people. We continued our training at Casper We flew around quite a bit for night training, as well as, daytune training getting together as a crew Also, we learned a lot about each other WIN: This Is one of the Important things. RAY: Yes. I was never happy being a copilot. I think copilots always want to be over in the left seat wanting to be the pilot. So we had our training and went to Sahna, Kansas. And while at Sahna part of the crew came down with the measles. Because of crew integrity they wanted to 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6612zj7/1020613 |
