| 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 101 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025750 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert . Irion pt mb r 20'h 2002 am ar a. I m an not exactly the same area but in that area below Hamburg again. nd he leading his flight and I'm leading the flight behind him. And here comes one coming straight at us, a jet, it comes out; well, thi day, the clouds were- have you seen an early morning around a coastal area or any area really. Where a fog or cloud bank will rise off the ground up about 1,000 feet and then starts breaking up and it becomes what I call "little houses with gaps in between ' and there's a layer of it, but it starts breaking up into little pieces? Well, that's what this cloud layer was doing there. And this plane comes busting out of this cloud layer coming right at us and he saw us, turned right back, did a 180 degree turn and went right back into the cloud layer. BEN: Another jet? ROB: Yeah a German jet. He turns right back into the cloud layer and loses us by going into the cloud layer. Well, the clouds were so sparse and thin and all and Harry says, "You stay up on top. I'll stay down below. And if he comes out on top you get him; I'll get him down here." The guy comes up and starts to make a pass up to the right. He's pulling up in a chandelle like that and I went after him; I didn't get a shot at him but he saw uspsshew! Right back down into the clouds. Goes a little further and he pulls up again to the left. This time I got a shot at him, but as you can see on the film, it's just a pssshew! When the airplane was going by, I was shooting at a high angle. I didn't get it. 99 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025750 |
