| Title |
Haven R. Burningham, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, September 26, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 602 |
| Alternative Title |
Haven R. Burningham, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Burningham, Haven R., 1918-2014 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-26 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom |
| Subject |
Burningham, Haven R., 1918-2014--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--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; Bomber pilots--Biography |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (71 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Haven R. Burningham on September 26, 2002. From tape number 602 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Burningham (b. 1918) grew up in Bountiful, Utah. He discusses his family, schooling, the Depression, and his LDS mission to New Zealand from 1937 to 1939. He worked at the Lockheed aircraft factory in California assembling P-38s prior to enlisting in the Army Air Corps in January 1943. He completed primary training in Santa Ana, California, flying Stearmans, then basic training in Lemoore, California, flying BT-13s, before going to Douglas, Arizona, for advanced training. After being trained in B-17s at Roswell, New Mexico, he joined his crew in Sioux City, Iowa. They flew to England to join the 457th, 8th Air Force bomb group stationed in Glatton. He relates his combat flying experiences. After flying thirty missions, he returned to the US in January 1945, where he was assigned as a B-17 instructor. He was discharged after the war ended and stayed in the Reserves until offered a regular commission in the Air Force in 1947, where he spent a total of thirty-two years before retiring. Interviewed by Benjamin J. Bahlmann. 71 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
71 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/s6c26zjn |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Bomber pilots; Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034729 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c26zjn |
| Title |
Page 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034691 |
| OCR Text |
Show H V R. B RNI H M 26 P B R 2002 BJB: How long were you in combat training? HRB: We were there until, I'll have to put it that way, until I think May of 1944. h n they sent us out to Kearney, Nebraska, (you don't have to put all that down) and that' where we picked up a brand new B-17. I'll never forget it. They had me sign this paper: 'one B-17, $1,000,000"! Oh, boy (laughs)! From there we flew up to ... BJB: This is where your wife left you, I assume? HRB: At that point, and she joined the WAVES. BJB: Did she tell you she was going to do that? HRB: I didn't know she was going to do it. She just had that in her mind, I guess. BJB: [Where] did she join? HRB: In Salt Lake. And just a little about her, she became a control tower operator in the Navy and was out in California most of the time until after the war. BJB: She felt she had to do her part, you think? HRB: I think that's what she thought. She had very good training. Sent her to Hunter College and then down to control tower operator school in Atlanta, Georgia. Then out to Mare Island and San Diego, a couple of bases. BJB: How soon after did she join? HRB: As soon as I got on that plane to go overseas. BJB: Was there a, were you okay with that? Or was there a reputation that the WAVES had? Was there any concern for her joining the WAVES at all? HRB: Well, her dad was a lieutenant colonel in the Army, and I was in the Army, and I thought, how can you do that (laughs)? If you have to join, why didn't you join the 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c26zjn/1034691 |
