World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ray T. Matheny family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8970
Scope and Contents
Records and correspondence regarding Ray Matheny's World War II service in the Army Air Corps as a B-17 flight crew engineer, dating from 1942 to 2016. Also Matheny's research records regarding World War II relating to his service (1942-1944) and time as a POW at Stalag XVII-B (1944-1945). Later email correspondence generated in the 1990’s and early 2000’s regarding POW reunions and research for Matheny's book “Rite of Passage” is also present as well as papers and emails garnered from...
Dates:
approximately 1929-2016
Ray T. Matheny interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331263]
Identifier: MSS SC 3195
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of interviews and oral histories probably recorded in 1983. Matheny flew on a B-17 on combat missions over France and Germany during World War II. He was shot down over Germany in January 1944 and was a prisoner of war until the end of the conflict.
Dates:
1983