| Title |
Wayne Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 28, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 200 |
| Alternative Title |
Wayne Kimball, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Kimball, Wayne, 1925-2009 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-03-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; India |
| Subject |
Kimball, Wayne, 1925-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Wayne Kimball on March 28, 2001. This is from tape number 200 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Wayne Kimball (b. 1925) reminisces about growing up in Salt Lake City and working in the family laundry business until Pearl Harbor, when he enlisted in the Air Corps. He went to basic flight training in Bakersfield, California, and was assigned to air transport command, which was an aircraft delivery outfit. He later flew aircraft over "the Hump" from India. 39 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
39 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/s60884j4 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025225 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60884j4 |
| Title |
Page 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025212 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE KIMBALL MARCH 28, 2001 WAY: Going over, at about thirteen to fourteen thousand. Coming back they could usually get up to about twenty thousand. Flying empty and further north. Can we stop for a minute? BBL: [turns tape off] BBL: Sure. Okay, we were just talking about the conditions and flying over and how much you were in the thunderstorm, flying by the instruments. But I wanted to ask you, you said flying over you were about thirteen or fourteen thousand feet, but some of those peaks, I understand, are about twelve thousand. WAY: Right. BBL: So you were saying you have to really rely on your instruments. WAY: They would send us a little further north because we could get higher, empty. The C-46 could not fly on one engine loaded. If you lost an engine and were loaded, you were down. As I recall, coming back, we were between seventeen, eighteen, nineteen thousand, someplace in there. BBL: Seeing the picture of you by your tent I remember a question I wanted to ask you. During the monsoon season did your tent ever blow over? WAY: That's an English tent. They were doubled up tent to keep the water out. But no, I don't recall any severe storms that would have caused trouble with the tent. BBL: WAY: BBL: It was a tent, but it was reliable? Sort of. Did you meet any real interesting people, real characters, who stand out in your mind, while you were in India? 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60884j4/1025212 |
