Lloyd T. Adamson, Brigham City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, October 20, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 132

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Loyd T. Adamson Octob r 20 2000 LOYD: The mother and father in both places lived but all the kids were kill d. And that was right on the edge of my field. That didn't make us think very much of the Germans you know. We was already pretty mad. You know, it gets pretty personal when you get shot at, but to have something like that happen it ... WIN: How was your flight in relation to German air force planes? Did you have much problem with the German air force while you were flying? LOYD: WIN: fuel. LOYD: Yeah. Or, at that time, they were somewhat restricted in their flying because of loss of Of fuel, yeah. But when they came up they'd come in a whole bunch. They just didn't just put a few air-they put the whole air force. Now on the bomber stream we had our fighters, but they would fly up and down the bomber stream, and sometimes you'd look up and they'd be "S" turning over the top of you to slow down to your speed to wash up. But then when the Germans would hit us, they'd hit us all in one bunch, you know? Well, maybe we'd only have eight, or ten or twelve of our fighters around, and we'd get on the air and start calling in little friends. But our fighters would just be absolutely overwhelmed when they'd hit us all in one spot. But they were gallant men those fighter pilots. They'd tear into those Germans. And it was on about my fourth mission, and they'd come down and got the guy right next to me. I was the left wing man and this guy was the right wing man, and they got him right-1 was just looking right across at him, you know. He was that close to me. And later on, the same thing, 31