| 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 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020615 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY E. BRIM June 25, 2001 go through. It gave us enough fuel so that we could go on to Marrakech. We went to Marrakech which was a replacement depot. Onginally, the crew was supposed to stay In Africa. Again, someone way up there made a decision and sent some of the crews on to England to become replacement crews. And that's what we were. WIN: Up Into the gth Air Force? RAY: Up into the gth Air Force. We arrived In England on Apnl the 11th of 1943 We weren't too eager to get Into combat, so we took, I guess, a httle time. We arrived there and we through we would keep that same airplane. Unfortunately, we landed and they said, "Pack your gear You're going down to Bovingdon for a training program, and we will distribute your airplane to where we think it's needed most; what units. We went to Bovingdon to a training program which we didn't think was necessary; but, In retrospect, it probably was. We had training about escape and invasion, things to watch out for, that type of training, which was very Important if you had need. I went with another officer-not a member of the crew-but another officer, and I went to London while I was there. And I had a wonderful expenence. I went to the Royal Albert Hall and heard Sir Malcolm Beecham, who was a famous conductor, conduct the Royal symphony WIN: Wow! RAY: That was an expenence. It was also the first air raid I was In that took place at that time. WIN: It gave you an initiation Into RAY: Initiation Into the program. After a certain amount of training we were assigned to the 92nct Bomber Group, which was at Alcanbury at that time. The 92nct had been over there for 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6612zj7/1020615 |
