| Title |
Robert A. McGregor, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 13, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 40 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert A. McGregor, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
McGregor, Robert A., 1923-1910 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-06-13 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy; Austria; Germany |
| Subject |
McGregor, Robert A., 1923-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (35 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Robert A. McGregor on June 13, 2000. This is from tape number 40 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Robert A. McGregor (b. 1923) enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He served as a pilot in Italy and was shot down over Steyr, Austria. He was a prisoner in Stalag Luft 1 in Northern Germany. He was a pilot for the Air Force Reserve until 1955, and for the National Guard until 1961. 35 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
35 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/s6pv8jm2 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024234 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv8jm2 |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024218 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT A. MCGREGOR 2 0 WIN: Did the fighters ever go after the people who were parachuting? BOB: WIN: BOB: WIN: Yes. They went after you? None of the other guys. They didn't go after the others because they got out early? BOB: They got out earlier. As pilot you are the last one out. Then when I went out I pulled the parachute D-ring and nothing happened. Then it got up to about here, and I pulled at arms length and it popped it out; then opened up. When I jumped my chest strap was too loose, and it hit me under the jaw and knocked me out. I guess I was out maybe a minute; half a minute. I came to and the aircraft was spinning down below me and no other parachutes. I was the only one I could see. Then the fighters flew a cloverleaf on me, seven ME-l 09Gs. Then they made one frontal pass at me and fired on me, four or five short bursts each, from the seven ME-l 09 fighters. WIN: Wow! BOB: At which time I was climbing the shroud lines, this one and then that one, trying to oscillate and swing and go up and down. They hit the chute. WIN: Oh, they hit the chute? BOB: Yes, they hit the chute. I don't know how they missed me. I was lucky. I was wounded before I got out--slightly, not seriously-and then came on down. And I could see a village community there and a railroad track for electric trains. I was headed right smack for the power lines on top of the electric railroad tracks, so I started climbing my shroud again to swing like this. I missed the power lines and lit in what I call a barrow pit right next to the train tracks. That's when I twisted my right ankle all up and couldn't walk. Before then, you look down, and it was like the hub and spokes of a wheel. I was coming down at the hub, and the spokes were the people that were coming into the center to catch me. It was Austrian military and civilians. WIN: The Austrians had already spotted you? 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv8jm2/1024218 |
