| 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 100 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025749 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert . Irion eptember 20'h, 2002 BE : you didn t ee visible strikes then? You didn't see flashes? ROB: I could see flashes on him you bet. I knew that for the last three hundred - well from five hundred yards in I could see strikes, but three hundred yards in it was hitting him pretty good. I knew that. And when I was up close it was getting into him in the middle of his airplane. BEN: Now, you mentioned before we started the tapes that you came to realizing that your wingman - was he the one from whom you learned that you were kind of targetfixated? ROB: No. As I, you know, when I saw him leaving his airplane I knew he was gone. Then I decided to just roll back to level. Rolling back to level when I was going over the top like this- what the heck, that stick is just looser than a goose up here! And then I realized, "Oh, okay. You've been past the ninety degree point and you were starting to get over too." I wasn't on my back but I was at the vertical point, you know. But anyhow, yeah. There was a big heart pumping going on and I'm breathing hard and you're almost tingling, you know. BEN: Getting a strike like that your wingman was with you, was that right? ROB: Yeah. Steve Ananian, he was flying my wing. Right. And Harry Corey and his wingman. The flight leader, he couldn't catch up with us. I had the faster airplane that day because of the new engine. Anyhow, about two weeks later, about two weeks later, Harry Corey was leading a section- that's eight planes, leading two flights of four- and we're in, generally, the 98 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025749 |
