| 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 106 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025755 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert . Irion ptemb r 2 th, 2002 ROB: Th 21 t of April was the last mission of the war. Oh Yeah there wa a fl w tim strafing when I wondered if the flak was going to get too close. But the 21 st of pril that's when I had another. It was actually the last mission our group flew in the war. I didn't know it was the last mission at the time but it turned out that we were grounded from there on because the area had been so small and they stopped the strategic bombing at that time. BEN: Was this past your three hundred hours? Did you continue? ROB: Oh yeah! I had three hundred and sixty eight hours and fifty minutes; three hundred and sixty nine hours. BEN: You were on, I guess, what I would call a second tour, then? ROB: Yeah it was on the extension. BEN: Okay. ROB: Anyhow, on the 21 st of April I wasn't scheduled to fly but somebody came back after briefing and woke me up and said, "Hey, get your clothes on, get up to the line, they're going to fly everybody. Every airplane we've got. Maximum effort mission." That was the last round-up- the gth Air Force knew it, we didn't - but it was the last round up so they wanted every airplane they had to fly. Colonel Henry, who was our group commander, had been transferred the week before that to wing headquarters, one of the tactical wings, as the commander of that wing, so his airplane was still sitting on our base and it was maintained in the sosth Squadron there but nobody ever flew it except Colonel Henry. If he didn't fly, the plane didn't fly. 104 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025755 |
