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Interview with Robert Bruce Kilmer, Army Air Forces veteran (547th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences with the French Resistance and as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. His educational background; his reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, April, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Sikeston, Missouri, 1942; basic flight training, Majors Field, Greenville, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Pampa, Texas, 1942-43; B-17 transition training, Windover, Utah, 1943; stationing at … continued below
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205 p. ; 29 cm.
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May 26, 2001.
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- Simpson, Patrick B.
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- Kilmer, Robert Bruce
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- Main Title: Oral History Interview with Robert Bruce Kilmer, May 26, 2001
- Serial Title: World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Interview with Robert Bruce Kilmer, Army Air Forces veteran (547th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences with the French Resistance and as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. His educational background; his reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, April, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Sikeston, Missouri, 1942; basic flight training, Majors Field, Greenville, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Pampa, Texas, 1942-43; B-17 transition training, Windover, Utah, 1943; stationing at Grafton Underwood, England, 1943; his description of preparations for a bombing mission; post-mission debriefings; description of missions and his getting shot down, October 14, 1943; rescue by the French Resistance and his six-month experience operating with them; capture by the Gestapo and incarceration at Fresnes Prison, Paris; solitary confinement and interrogation at Wiesbaden, Germany; transfer to Dulag Luft, Frankfurt, Germany, for further interrogation by the Luftwaffe, 1943; transfer to Stalag Luft-III, Sagan, Germany, 1943; physical description of Stalag Luft-III and his compound; daily life in the POW camp; value of Red Cross parcels; evacuation and forced march to Nürnberg, Germany, January, 1945; forced march to Moosburg, Germany, 1945; liberation and reunion with his brother at Moosburg; processing at Camp Lucky Strike, Le Havre, France, and return to the States by troopship.
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205 p. ; 29 cm.
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- WWII
- World War II
- biographies
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- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Personal narratives
Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes — Oral history
- Kilmer, Robert B., 1919-2007 — Oral history
- Prisoners of war — Germany — Oral history
- Prisoners of war — United States — Oral history
- Stalag Luft III — Oral history
- United States Army Air Forces — Bomb Squadron, 547th — Oral history
- United States Army Air Forces — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history
- World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American — Oral history
- World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history
- World War, 1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, German — Oral history
- World War, 1939-1945 — Underground movements — France — Oral history
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- Military and War - Wars - World War II
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- United States - Missouri - Scott County - Sikeston
- United States - Texas - Hunt County - Greenville
- United States - Texas - Gray County - Pampa
- United States - Utah
- England - Northamptonshire County - Kettering District - Grafton Underwood Parish - Grafton Underwood
- France - Île-de-France Region - Département de Ville de Paris - Paris
- Germany - Hesse - Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt Region - Kreisfreie Stadt Wiesbaden - Wiesbaden
- Germany - Hesse - Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt Region - Frankfurt District - Frankfurt am Main
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Simpson, Patrick B. & Kilmer, Robert Bruce.Oral History Interview with Robert Bruce Kilmer, May 26, 2001,book, May 26, 2001; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2339461/:accessed August 15, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.
