| 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 52 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025701 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert E. Irion eptemb r 201 h 2 02 ROB: It had gone into the theatre in 1944; in about February of '44. Now thi wa July. We got overseas July 31 st, so this was August of '44. It had been in the theatre about ix months. And they had, at that time, the 357th Group was the first one gone, then the 41h Group, then there was one other group that had them, then the 339th. And there were three groups, four groups that had them by the time we got there. And so anyhow, we got in there -later on they converted a lot more from P-47sbut at that time, our group ... BEN: Were you assigned to actually a fighter group at this point? ROB: From Goxhill, after we'd been there for a couple of weeks. BEN: Okay. So then at this point you're just kind of in transition for the P-51? ROB: Yeah. Just learning the P-51. I think we got something like eight or ten hours there. BEN: Okay. ROB: Of time in it. And we were there for about a little over a week, about ten days. And then they came out with a deal of, a posted list of requests that various fighter groups had made for replacement pilots. And the 339th had a request in for seven pilots. The 4th group had a request for about six or something like that. There were five of us that had gone through cadet training from pre-flight days on who had gone through all the phases together and we said, "Hey, listen. They want six over at the 4th group; let's go to the 4th group!" And we started to sign up for the 4th group, which was the old Eagle Squadron, you know, famous in history. So we thought, "We're going to try the 4th group." 50 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025701 |
