Haven R. Burningham, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, September 26, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 602

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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
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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
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