| 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 51 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026980 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT 0 R H 7 2002 REE: Yes well wait a minute. I'm not sure. I guess it was liberat d when w g t there. See, with the medium bomber, you could only-Our range was limited. o w had to follow close to the ... four hours going and coming was about as far as we could go four, maybe five hours. BEN: So eight hours total? REE: No, about two hours going, two hours back is all. BEN: Do you remember the max load you could carry? Do you remember the size of ordnance? REE: As I recall, and I'm only recalling, we had four 500-pound bombs. I think that's the same thing a B-26 carries. We were supposed to carry the same bomb load as they did with a lot less men. BEN: Okay. REE: Now, this is where I mentioned it was one of these, while I was still in England and I was scheduled to fly on what they call a milk run, that's when the deputy commander took over my plane-but they didn't ever hear from him again. But I was walking down London two or three months later, and all of a sudden I heard behind me, "Lieutenant Robertson, Lieutenant Robertson." Turned around and there was one of my gunners. They'd been picked up by the French underground and they got back to England. The French underground was, apparently, quite efficient. BEN: So one time they just took your plane? In the rotation they decided to take your aircraft? REE: He said, "I'm taking your place." "Help yourself." BEN: Then they got shot down on that mission? 51 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026980 |
