| 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 31 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026960 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERTSON M R H 7, 2002 REE: Well, I don't know why I got any B-25 time, but I know I had orne B-25 tim · I don't know why. BEN: Not having flown myself, is there a difference in flying an aircraft with the two stabilizers in the back, like on a B-25? REE: I didn't notice any difference. BEN: So where do we go from here? So you're working with these medium bombers. REE: Then they sent me to Tampa, Florida. They had B-26's there. I was waiting around for ... well, I went into Tampa, Florida. I sat around there, fiddled around there for about two weeks. Now I was supposed to pick up kind of a crew, and do some more training. They called me in and said, "Where have you been?" I said, "I've been here for two weeks." "You didn't sign in right." (laughs) So, then, I signed in. BEN: I guess that just counted for the time at the beginning of your training where you got the job working at the cannery. It kind of evens out at the end. They gave it back to you, your free time (laughs). REE: Yes, they gave it back to me. So, nothing happened for a little while and finally what they did is-this just shows you how things happen-they sal.d, "You're going into the A-20." "A-20? I haven't had any experience with those." That's where they only had two gunners and in the lead ships they had the pilot/navigator, I'm sorry, the navigator/bombardier. So I was then sent to ... BEN: Was that relatively new aircraft at the time? REE: Not particularly. It was kind of, I think they called it kind of an attack bomber, because it had guns in the nose and they had pocket I 50's on each wing. They really had a lot of fire-power. But, as I understand it, they found out that in combat, particularly in 31 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026960 |
