| 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 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020614 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY E. BRIM June 25, 2001 keep us there. While the crew was partly confined I was able to get checked out as a pilot on a B-1 7 I still went overseas as a copilot. We went from there to Morrison Field In Palm Beach, Flonda. Then we left Morrison on March 25t\ 29543 to start our tnp through South America and Afnca. WIN: Went down to Bel em and ? RAY: We went to Trinidad, Belem, Natal, Ascencione, and Roberts Field In Libya. Then up to-we started out to go to Marrakech and a bad storm had come up. In that process one of the navigation aids had been run over by a truck, so we weren't quite sure as we approached the Atlas Mountains in Afnca what to do for a position In the storm and everything. So a decision was made by the navigator and pilot that we would JUSt head out for the coast. We landed at a little French base called Agadar We were the first B-17 that had landed there. They had some fighter aircraft there. WIN: Were you traveling alone? RAY: Yes. Each crew with a B-17 went on their own. We later learned that some people had not had the good fortune we did. Recently, about a year and a half ago, found some of the remains of the B-1 7 s that were lost on that leg of the tnp were found. We spent a couple of days at this French base, and It was the first time I ever saw them use chamois to filter the water out of gasoline. That's what the French did. They had tanks, and they would hand crank the tank, or drum. They ran all of the gas through a chamois. WIN: The fuel through a chamois? RAY: Yes, the fuel through the chamois. The water would stay on one side, and the fuel would 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6612zj7/1020614 |
