| 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 54 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026983 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT 0 R H 7 2002 BEN: Now, that wasn t your plane. Once again you were flying ... REE: I was a wingman; I was on the right wing. So I should have but you r n t supposed to drop the bombs unless you know the lead ship drops and of cours , since I got hit I should have dropped them. I guess sometimes you do things automatically. BEN: Were you in the IP when you got hit, or were you pulling off? REE: No, we got hit while I was over the target. BEN: So you remember which one it was? REE: No, I don't remember. I'll tell you, now, I didn't know, as I say, I was really in a dilemma; I didn't know what to do. I had a problem with the engine. There was a fire in the bomb bay and I was afraid it was going to reach that high octane. If it had got-I don't know whether it could have done it or not-but there was this high octane reserve tank was in there. I didn't know what to do. So I called the gunner-his name was Marine-! said, "Marine, this looks like it." I didn't know what to tell him to do. Shortly thereafter ... BEN: What exactly was wrong with your aircraft? REE: Well, it was on fire. BEN: You could tell that? REE: Yes. It was in the bomb bay. I could see back there. They had a fire in the bomb bay. BEN: So where did you get hit actually? REE: I guess it was in the bomb bay. I don't know, to this day, what there was in there that was burning. But it was burning. It wasn't a big flame, but it was burning. I don't know whether it was an oil line that contained some kind of oil. 54 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026983 |
