| Title |
Lloyd T. Adamson, Brigham City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, October 20, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 132 |
| Alternative Title |
Lloyd T. Adamson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Adamson, Loyd T., 1920-2006 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-10-20 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; England; Germany |
| Subject |
Adamson, Loyd T., 1920-2006--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
National Guard; B-17 bomber; B-25 bomber; Ferry pilot |
| Description |
Transcript (47 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Loyd T. Adamson on October 20, 2000. This is from tape number 132 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lloyd Adamson (b. 1920) recalls his youth in Ogden, Utah, and joining the National Guard when he was sixteen. After Pearl Harbor he applied for flight training and ended up flying B-25s and B-17s. Adamson discusses his missions over Europe and his postwar military career. 47 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 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/s6vd8xpk |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021731 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vd8xpk |
| Title |
Page 31 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021711 |
| OCR Text |
Show Loyd T. Adamson Octob r 20 2000 a book, and he copyrighted so that no part of this story will be told unless you get written permission from the author. But I thought that was kind of a dirty trick, you know to take our story and then copyright it, but I've never had a reason to ... (END OF SIDE A OF TAPE). WIN: Okay. We were just talking on the other side about you being one of the only two airplanes to have used parachutes to slow you down because your brakes were shot out from under you basically while you were in the air. So that was a pretty exciting trip. How did you get back to England? LOYD: Then the ground forces took us into Lille-Lille, France. Then a B-17 came in there low on fuel, and got fuel, and we hitch-hiked ... WIN: You just jumped on, huh? LOYD: Yeah, he flew me right back to my-well, both crews were from-the guy that followed me in we were both from Ridgewell, England. And this guy took us right over to our field. WIN: When you were in England, what would you do in your off hours when you weren't preparing for a flight or flying? LOYD: Oh, I'd only flown a few missions, maybe six or seven missions, and my commander called me in and he said "We don't want you guys getting flak happy." He said "So you take a three day pass and go to London." At least that's what he suggested. Now this three day pass meant three days in London. And this didn't charge against our leave time. So we had a day getting in, three days there, and a day coming back. And it only took a few hours. There 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vd8xpk/1021711 |
