| 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 37 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026966 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERT ON M R H 7, 2002 BEN: Which Air Force? REE: Well, it was the Ninth Air Force. It was the !15th Bomb Group, I believ . I m not sure. I don t remember which squadron, the 6ih Squadron something like that. I m not sure. It's been fifty, sixty years. BEN: Sure. REE: So that was where we would fly over to, where we were bombing France, and this was ... BEN: How many missions did you fly? REE: Thirty-nine. I was on my thirty-ninth mission. BEN: Okay, flying a medium bomber, of course. Did you ever fly more than one sortie a day? REE: Ohno. BEN: And you arrived, when did you arrive there? Was it in May? Is that what you said? REE: Yes. It was ... well, here's what they did. When we first got to England, they sent us over to Ireland, Northern Ireland, for about two weeks. I was stationed down in Southern England, but they sent us over there to familiarize us with the types of aircraft that the Germans would have and so forth. It was kind of a waste of time. BEN: Was there any escape or evasion classes at all? REE: No. BEN: Nothing like that. So this was all aircraft recognition? REE: Aircraft recognition. I guess some other things, I don't remember. We had no way of getting around except bicycles. And the group that was coming in from the group 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026966 |
