| 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 55 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021518 |
| OCR Text |
Show Malcolm J. MacGregor Ja u '2 02 BEN: Your odds become very slim. MAL: The whole battle lasted about three to eight minutes. There were only four planes that came back to base. It was the largest loss of any group in the gth Air Force. BEN: You can put up a lot of lead with, of course, the 50 calibers but with 150 fighters armed with cannons? MAL: And a number of them, I don't know how many, maybe a 100 of them were FW190s and then they had about 50 Messerschmitts, ME109s. One of the Messerschmitts's pilots was killed that day and I met his son later on. His son was born three months after his father was killed in that mission in Germany. BEN: So what else happened to your airplane after the plane passed by? MAL: The gun was going off and I'm up on this little coach and my parachute was down at the beginning of the catwalk. There was a catwalk that ran beside the nose wheel on a B-24 on a J model. This was either a J or an H, one or the other. I left my parachute down there because I thought I was going to be going into the nose turret. So when I saw this fighter plane I decided it might be wise to get my parachute. So I jumped down into the front of the bomb bays and picked up my parachute to get ready to put it on. I looked at the pilot and the pilot was looking at me and his eyes were about as big as baseballs, he had big eyes, and he was pointing down. Then I looked towards the rear and the 20 millimeters were exploding in the bomb bays and the last one, I don't know, maybe it was a 30 mm, but anyway, the last one went off about three feet from my legs. I picked up 13 pieces of shrapnel in my legs. So, at that point, I opened the bomb bay doors because the pilot had already told us to bale out. I had been off oxygen 53 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n42p9/1021518 |
