| Title |
Malcolm J. MacGregor, Park City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, January 3, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 476, 477, and 478 |
| Alternative Title |
Malcolm MacGregor, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
MacGregor, Malcolm J., 1923- |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-01-03 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England; France; Germany; New York, United States |
| Subject |
MacGregor, Malcolm J., 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
D-Day; 702nd Bomber Squadron; Bombardier; POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (121 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Malcolm J. MacGregor on January 3, 2002. This is from tape numbers 476, 477, and 478 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
MacGregor (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in rural New York and describes learning about Pearl Harbor and attempting to enlist in the Air Corps. He was drafted into the army and was assigned training as a combat engineer. Shortly after that he was transferred to the 8th Air Force and sent to bombardier school. MacGregor talks about his training and the trip to England. His first mission was on D-Day with the 702nd Bomber Squadron. He was shot down over Germany and describes his capture and treatment as a prisoner of war. 121 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
121 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/s63n42p9 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021587 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n42p9 |
| Title |
Page 39 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021502 |
| OCR Text |
Show Malcolm J. MacGregor u 2 02 and we took off. Bud got it off but we were only going a little over 110 MP and tha h n the plane stalls, at about 110, and he hedge-hopped over the trees at the end of the runway. That got my attention because I was standing between the pilot and copilot looking out the window as we're going down the runway. I was watching the airspeed indicator and I could see when he had to take it off and we were only going about 110. So that made me nervous. Then we got to Labrador ... BEN: When did you leave then? April? MAL: Yeah, we left in April. I think we got there April23. We left Topeka April19, something like that. BEN: Did you have any bad weather over there or anything? Did you fog in anywhere? MAL: No. We got to Goose Bay, Labrador, and, of course, there were snowdrifts all the way up, it's still in April. It was very snowy up there and there were a lot of planes going overseas, B-17s and B-24s. The B-17 guys were all teasing us about flying those boxcars and flying coffins and that we always blew up and so forth. Strangely enough, that next morning, one of the B-17s taking off blew up right after take off. So, it's one of the things that people don't understand who have not been in combat situations is that being in a military outfit is hazardous. A lot of people get killed. They think, for instance, we lost a plane over in Afghanistan, one of the choppers went down, but all military aircraft were built kind of close to the edge of what's feasible. So, they had a lot of guys killed in accidents. BEN: It's the nature of the whole setup? MAL: Well there were a lot of people when we were flying combat. The first plane I ever saw go down was when two B-24s hit together, knocked the tail off one of them. So, they both went 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n42p9/1021502 |
