| 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 140 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025789 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert . Irion ept mb r 20'h 2002 But I didn't meet anyone from my own group and I wa a little di appoint d. They had a roster, a place to sign in, you know. Went to lunch on the aturday with a cousin of mine that lived in Phoenix. And when I came back from lunch there was a note in my hotel box and a guy from the 3391h- who I didn't know, but who had flown one mission with our squadron was there. A guy named Bob Bums. August the 41h or something like that, about a month before I got there, Bob Bums had been flying his first mission. And they got tangled up in a fight with some Germans -they'd strafed some ground base I think. And some of the planes from this base they got tangled up in a fight with them and Bob had a mid-air collision with our squadron commander. And he cut the tail off of the squadron commander's airplane and the squadron commander was killed. And Bob bailed out of his and was a POW. Everyone that was there thought it was the other way around, that Don Larson had bailed out and Bob Burns had been killed. And he said, "Gosh, on his first mission he got killed" while he was the one that ended up in the POW camp. Anyhow, Bob was at that thing and left his business card said, "I was here and I was with the 3391 h." So he said, "Why don't you drop me a line sometime?" So I did after a month or so. I wrote him a little note and said, "Sorry I missed you. Don't remember you overseas but, you know, you said you're with the 5051h and 3391h and all." 138 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025789 |
