| Title |
Harry A. Moyer, Park City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann. Saving the legacy tap no. 613 |
| Alternative Title |
Harry A. Moyer, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Moyer, Harry A., 1920- |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-11-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Africa; Sicily; China |
| Subject |
Moyer, Harry A., 1920- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern |
| Description |
Transcript (115 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Harry A. Moyer on November 22, 2002. This is from tape number 613 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Moyer (b. 1920) was in the aviation cadet program at the University of Akron at the time of Pearl Harbor. He was called to active duty in January 1942. He discusses his flight training at length. Other topics covered include joining the 33rd Fighter Group, Africa and Sicily, aerial combat, his views on General Montgomery, contact with Sicilian civilians, the merits of various aircraft, Anzio, being stationed in China, marriage, and duty as a flight instructor. 115 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
115 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/s6t45sb7 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020962 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7 |
| Title |
Page 55 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020900 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ov mber 22 2002 bunch of them - picked out the best looking ones and worked on them - and put the dial in, English markings, whatever you want to put in. BEN: On the ground, did you have a crew chief with you checking them out? HAR: Yeah, we had a crew chief out there. Then we flew them back to our field. BEN: How would you fly a crew chief back? Would you stick him where the radio should be? HAR: We had a small trainer airplane, and then we took him up in a jeep to. So I guess every squadron had at least one Messerschmitt and we had some Machi 200 and 202's (which was the same air frame except one was inline and one was a radial engine). And then we brought them back, and I escorted one of the guys back and we had a whole lot of anti-aircraft guys floated all the way up so that these guys won't fire at us. So then we painted them, and then we flew them against each other! BEN: How' d you paint them up, what did you ... HAR: Well, after we got them back from the German Markings at our field, well then we had them painted with American markings. And Italian markings too, we'd just put the American markings on. So we flew them against each other, simulated combat to see how it was, you know. It was a good airplane, the 109. BEN: You're still flying 40's at this time? HAR: Yeah. We found out that- we flew a lot of airplanes with these characteristics - things that we had to confront ourselves with. So we got a lot more confidence in the P- 40 because we were down low. And we could bring a lot of fire power on them real 54 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020900 |
