| Title |
Robert E. Irion, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, September 20, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 537, 538, and 539 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert E. Irion, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Irion, Robert E., 1923-2007 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-20 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Scotland; England; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Kansas, United States |
| Subject |
Irion, Robert E., 1923-2007--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (142 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Robert E. Irion on September 20, 2002. This is from tape numbers 537, 538, and 539 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Irion (b. 1923) recalls his youth in Kansas and tells how he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in October 1942. He discusses his flight training in Arkansas, Alabama, and Florida. He served in the 505th and 339th Fighter Groups. 142 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
142 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/s6bs0rd1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025794 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1 |
| Title |
Page 51 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025700 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert E. Irion eptember 20111 , 2002 ROB: Yeah. He just goofed off. He was as good of a pilot as we had. BEN: Okay. ROB: He could have done it. He did it on purpose. So he just goofed off. BEN: Did you ever hear from him again? ROB: Yeah. I'll tell you about that a little later. BEN: Okay. ROB: Anyhow, we get overseas and we go toBEN: - It looks like you flew into - ROB: -Flew into Prestwick, Scotland, and we take the train down to Glasgow. We get on a train and we go down to Stone, England, which was a replacement depot for all the crews, all bomber and fighter crews, that didn't fly their own airplanes in. A lot of them came in through Stone and then were assigned to different groups. Okay, we get there and we're there for about three or four days and they send us to Goxhill, England. Goxhill is right up by Hull, England, on the east coast and in Lincolnshire up there -all British bases up there except for this one U.S. base that was training people in P-5ls. That's the first time we saw a P-51. We get there, "Here's your airplane," give us a day or so of looking at the manuals, talking to us about different things: take off speeds, landing speeds ... They said, "Hey, you've flown P-40s. This airplane is easier to fly than a P-40. Don't worry about it, you're going to enjoy it. Just learn the cockpit." We did a lot of cockpit time. BEN: How new was the P-51 at this time? ROB: How new? BEN: Yeah. Had it been in the theatre for quite a while? 49 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025700 |
