| 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 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030472 |
| OCR Text |
Show R B RTL. H MM R W : W 11, in the army you always have to complain ab ut th food. RLH: No there were no complaints. WE: o they treated you well? RLH: Yes. PT R2000 WE: After you were assigned a crew, did you establish a good rapport with your crew mates? RLH: You bet. WE: Do you still meet with them? RLH: I've lost my tail gunner. That's the only one I've actually seen since the war. In fact, the day after I finished my missions, he still had a few and he went up with another pilot and he was tail gunner and he's in the back of the plane with his hands on the twin fifties back there. And he happened to look out like this and a piece of flack came through and it took his thumb and forefinger off and just grazed his chin. And I went down to the hospital that night to see him and he said, "Red, I should have quit when you did." But other than that, I've seen some of my co-pilots that flew with me on various missions. In fact, I saw two of them at our meeting this past week. WE: When you were flying, did it do anything unexpected? Was it very maneuverable? RLH: Oh, man, it was a capable, wonderful, fly on one engine. We had one guy had one of his rudders cut off, he flew back with just one tail rudder on it. Single engines. It was a fantastic plane. WE: Worked fairly well? RLH: Absolutely great. WE: That's what they used on the Doolittle raid, wasn't it? 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fv0p47/1030472 |
