| 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 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020621 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY E. BRIM June 25, 2001 closest I ever had was a piece of shrapnel that came In and knocked out the oxygen system. I was flymg With the-leading 1 ooth Bomb Group. You have probably heard of them. They were a bad, tough luck, outfit. A piece of shrapnel came in, went through the oxygen system on one side, ncocheted off of a post that supported the top gunner; then went through the oxygen system on the other side of the cockpit. It was approximately four inches, very ragged metal. How that missed that top turret gunner I'll never know, but It did. Just fortunate. Ad it was about, oh, I would say, about a foot away from where I was sitting. So those are the things that you WIN, Was that your most memorable mission? RAY: The most memorable mission was one when I went out on a volunteer to do a night mission on my own to test some equipment. It ended up-I was the only B-1 7 and only airplane over Europe. WIN: All by yourself? RAY: By ourselves. We had a system called OBO that the British had developed. Again, It was to be more accurate than the radar system. There were supposed to be two planes take off. One of them didn't. It had mechanical fmlure, and the RAF wasn't flying that night. So we took off and climbed to about 30,000 to 35,000 feet. We JUSt went over into the Ruhr Duren was the target. We had moved one of the generators from one of the engines to operate the equipment. We needed alternating current to operate the equipment rather than have direct current. It was cold. Heating suits were on. They had to put another generator In from a hanger queen. We lost all our electric power So we salvoed the bombs. We never received any signals that we were 25 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6612zj7/1020621 |
