Oral history interview with George E. Jones, 1999 September 16.

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Oral history interview with George E. Jones, 1999 September 16.

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Interview with George E. Jones, Army Air Forces veteran (576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. Basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1942; basic flight training, Greenville, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Waco, Texas, 1942; bomber training, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, 1943; crew training in California, 1943; his personal assessment of the B-24 bomber; flight to England and assignment to the 576th Bomb Squadron, 1943; his description of various missions in 1944; "Big Week," February, 1944; his description of enemy flak and fighter tactics; crash-landing in England due to damage caused by German fighter planes; additional accounts and description of battle damage and crew casualties; the shooting down of his plane and subsequent capture on July 7, 1944; interrogation at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; Stalag Luft III, 1944-45; evacuation and march to Stalag Luft VII-A, Moosburg, Germany, 1945; liberation on April 29, 1945.

140 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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