| Title |
Reece B. Robertson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann, March 7, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 498-500 |
| Alternative Title |
Reece B. Robertson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Robertson, Reece B., 1920- |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin J.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-07 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany; Wyoming, United States |
| Subject |
Robertson, Reece B., 1920- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
National Guard; Bomber pilots; POWs; Barth, Germany |
| Description |
Transcript (104 pages) of an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann with Reece B. Robertson on March 7, 2002. From tape numbers 498, 499, and 500 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Robertson (1920-2009) attended the University of Wyoming and joined the National Guard Calvary Unit, which was activated in February 1941. He was trained to fly the B26, A20, and A26 aircraft and was assigned to the European Theater. He served with the Ninth Air Force, 115th Bomb Group, 67th Squadron at Braintree in Southern England. He was shot down on Christmas Eve 1944, and held in Barth, Germany, at Stalag Luft One, which was later liberated by the Russian army. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 104 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
104 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/s6rr41bb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027034 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026954 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT 0 R H7 2 02 BEN: o in class partial. Okay. How soon did they take y u up in th air raft. and what were you flying? Was it the Stearman? REE: It wasn't the Stearman. They called it the PT 0 Ryan or om thing like that but it wasn't a Stearman biplane. It was a monoplane. I've forgotten the name of it. Th Stearmans were more difficult because on landings they'd tend to spin, they said. I didn't know. BEN: So it was a low wing monoplane? REE: Yes, low wing. Then the instructor was behind and you're in front, as I recall. He'd talk to you over the phone. BEN: One of those gosport things? REE: Yes. BEN: What did you think of flying in that aircraft? REE: Oh, I liked it. BEN: Were you taking to it pretty easily? REE: Oh, yeah. Of course, you're always, there's a lot of pressure on you, afraid of being washed out, because they washed about a third of them out. BEN: Were you afraid of being washed out? Did you want to stay in flying once you got in? REE: Oh, yes. You bet. I wanted to stay in and I enjoyed flying. No particular incidents that I recall. Nothing stands out. I was there for three months, and then I went to basic, which was Lancaster, California. And that was a bigger plane and it was still single engine, of course. BEN: Do you remember what aircraft that was? Was that the Vultee? 25 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026954 |
