Oral history interview with Robert Weinberg, 2000 June 14.

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Oral history interview with Robert Weinberg, 2000 June 14.

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Interview with Robert Weinberg, Army Air Forces veteran (776th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-24 navigator; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Cadet Classification Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1943; basic training, Lackland Field, San Antonio, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; navigation school, Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Texas, 1943; crew assignment and bomber transition training, Pocatello, Idaho, 1943; assignment to the 464th Bomb Group at Gioia del Colle, Italy, 1944; transfer to Patanella, Italy, June 1, 1944; mission to Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 10, 1944; comments about the Tuskegee Airmen (99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group); mission to the Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, synthetic oil facility and the downing of his plane, August 24, 1944; his capture by the Hitler Youth; initial incarceration in Czechoslovakia; harassment by German civilians; interrogations at Oberursel, Germany; Stalag Luft III, Labor Day, 1944; prison camp routine; forced march and train trip to Stalag Luft VII-A, Moosburg, Germany, January 27-February 12, 1945; living conditions at Stalag Luft VII-A; excerpts from his prison camp diary; liberation, April 25, 1945.

97 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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