| Title |
Melvin Lewis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 16, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 402 and 403 |
| Alternative Title |
Melvin Lewis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lewis, Melvin, 1917-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-07-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Pakistan; South Pacific; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Guam; Shasta County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Lewis, Melvin, 1917-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Flight instructors; Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (77 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Mel Lewis on July 16, 2001. This is from tape numbers 402 and 403 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mel Lewis (b. 1917) grew up in Redding, California, and operated a private airstrip before enlisting in the Army Air Corps one day after Pearl Harbor. He flew with the 14th Air Force in Pakistan, the 5th A.F. in the South Pacific, and the 7th A.F in Saipan and Guam. He was also a flight instructor in Greenville, South Carolina. 77 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
77 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/s6bk3bkc |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024582 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk3bkc |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024517 |
| OCR Text |
Show M L LEWI 16,2001 MEL: And at that time, why of course ther w re a 1 t f h m -built airplanes being built by farmers or whoever thought that they could d it. And th big problem was, you know, the air frame building wasn't all that much of a problem but th big problem was getting a reliable power plant or engine for it. BBL: Uh-huh. MEL: So there were a lot of conversions on the market. And the Barling I had used a converted Ford V -8 engine in it. Ford had just come out with their first V -8 engine in 1932. And so what they'd done is they'd taken the flight wheel off of it, and turned the engine around backwards and put the propeller where the flight wheel used to be and that was essentially it. BBL: Oh, wow. MEL: But, the problem was that it was a very heavy engine because it was made of cast-iron, it required water-cooling and all that. So, it was quite a trick to fly that Barling. You had to remember that it was nose-heavy, because if you ever lost power, you'd come down like a sock with a rock in the toe (laughs). BBL: MEL: BBL: MEL: BBL: Yeah (laughs). But, once you figured that out, why, you'd be safe. But, so it was fun. So about how old were you when you bought that Barling? Oh, I was about eighteen. So you kept the Curtiss Wright for a couple years, and you sold that one and moved up to the- 14 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk3bkc/1024517 |
