| Title |
Robert L. Hammar, St. George, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, September 8, 2000: Saving the Legacy tape no. 104 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert L. Hammar, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hammar, Robert L., 1922-2007 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-09-08 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy |
| Subject |
Hammar, Robert L., 1922-2007--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; Bomber pilots--Biography |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; B-25 bomber; Mitchell bomber; Monte Cassino; Corsica; Rome; Flight instructors |
| Description |
Transcript (48 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with Robert L. Hammar on September 8, 2000. From tape number 104 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Hammar (1922-2007) recalls his childhood in Youngston, Ohio. He graduated from high school in 1940 and attended East Nazarene College in Allston, Massachusetts. He was sworn into the Air Corps in 1942, passed the flight test and physical, and completed flight training in 1943. Originally assigned to P-38s but requested a transfer to B-25s. He flew his plane, "Shat's Cookin" on sixty combat missions and left the Air Corps in 1944. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 48 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
48 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/s6fv0p47 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Bomber pilots |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030487 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fv0p47 |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030456 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT L. HAMMAR PT B R 2000 WE: The other guys didn t have a headwind but you did (laugh ). That good. everybody flew the same route at the same time so you could do that. RLH: Yes. WE: It wasn't like everybody picked a different place to go. RLH: No. WE: Well, that was smart. Shows you're adaptable. Okay. That's basic. So then where did you go? RLH: I went to one of the great fields, Luke Field, in Phoenix, Arizona, which is still active, by the way. WE: Yes, but it's being kind of encroached upon by a spreading Phoenix. RLH: Well, they'll never encroach on that, it's far enough outside of the city, but it's still a big fighter base up there. It was a wonderful area and we flew the AT-6, which is more powerful than the 13 at 880 horsepower. WE: Keep doubling horsepower. RLH: Yes. And I did have a special, you might call it a special honor there. During dog fighting and aerobatics, my instructor always flew with me because I guess I didn't black him out. So when it came down to the last ten hours in advanced, each instructor picked out a student to fly P-40s, the plane that was flown over China and so forth, for my last ten hours. I was the first cadet to fly a P-40 as a cadet. I had ten hours in that. Great experience. First time I went 500 miles an hour. WE: So you're still enjoying flying. RLH: Oh, man, yes. 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fv0p47/1030456 |
