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Recording on audiocassette of an interview with Oral B. Birch, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on January 15, 2000 in Sandy, Utah. Birch tells about joining the Army Air Corps during WWII, his training as a pilot, his experiences in combat during raids over Europe, and being shot down and captured by the Germans.

Recording on audiocassette of an interview with Oral B. Birch, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on January 15, 2000 in Sandy, Utah. Birch tells about joining the Army Air Corps during WWII, his training as a pilot, his experiences in combat during raids over Europe, and being shot down and captured by the Germans.

Recording on audiocassette of an interview with Oral B. Birch, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on January 15, 2000 in Sandy, Utah. Birch tells about joining the Army Air Corps during WWII, his training as a pilot, his experiences in combat during raids over Europe, and being shot down and captured by the Germans.

Typescript of an interview with Parley W. Newman, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on November 20, 1999. The audiocassettes, from which this interview was transcribed, were retained by Bahlmann. Newman talks about his service as a paratrooper for the United States Army during WWII. He was stationed in New Guinea and was involved in a airborne assault in the Philippines.

Typescript of an interview with Paul F,. Henkel, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on June 18, 1999 in Bountiful, Utah. Jenkel talks about serving with the United States Army in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and about his transfer to the Army Air Corps. He became a pilot and flew B-17 bombers over Germany and other areas of Germany starting in November of 1944.

Recording on audiocassette of an interview with Paul F. Henkel, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on June 18, 1999 in Bountiful, Utah. Jenkel talks about serving with the United States Army in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and about his transfer to the Army Air Corps. He became a pilot and flew B-17 bombers over Germany and other areas of Germany starting in November of 1944.

Recording on audiocassette of an interview with Paul F. Henkel, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on June 18, 1999 in Bountiful, Utah. Jenkel talks about serving with the United States Army in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and about his transfer to the Army Air Corps. He became a pilot and flew B-17 bombers over Germany and other areas of Germany starting in November of 1944.

Recording on audiocassette of an interview with Paul F. Henkel, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on June 18, 1999 in Bountiful, Utah. Jenkel talks about serving with the United States Army in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and about his transfer to the Army Air Corps. He became a pilot and flew B-17 bombers over Germany and other areas of Germany starting in November of 1944.

Typescript of an interview with Robert D. Hemingway, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on December 4, 1999 in Alpine, Utah. Bahlmann retained the audiocassettes from which the trascription was made. Hemingway talks about his training to be a pilot for B-17 bombers, his deployment to England, and his combat missions over Europe starting in September 1944.

Typescript of an interview with Robert V. Thornblad, conducted by Ben Bahlmann on January 22, 2000. The audiocassettes, from which the interview was transcribed, were retained by Bahlmann. Thornblad talks about his training as a fighter pilot, the characteristics of the P-39 (Airacobra) aircraft, and his various missions from North African and Italy during World War II.