Search Digital Records
- Format > oral histories (literary works) (remove)
- Subject > Aces (Fighter pilots) (remove)
- Rights > In copyright (remove)
- Subject > World War, 1939-1945 (remove)
- Subject > Fighter pilots (remove)
- Item Type > Oral History (remove)
- Subject > United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 56th (remove)
Limit your search
Item Type- Oral History (7)
- In copyright (7)
- Aces (Fighter pilots) (7)
- Air pilots, Military (7)
- Fighter pilots (7)
- United States. Army Air Forces (7)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 56th (7)
- World War, 1939-1945 (7)
- Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family (5)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 4th (4)
- Zemke, Hub, 1914-1994 (4)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 63rd (3)
- Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 (2)
- North American P-51 Mustang Family (2)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 61st (2)
- Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 (1)
- Comstock, Harold E. (1)
- Conger, Paul A. (1)
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family (1)
- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 (1)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Family (1)
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Y Service (1)
- Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) (1)
- Johnson, Gerald W. (1)
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family (1)
- McCollom, Loren G. (1)
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 Family (1)
7 results
In this nine-part oral history, Hubert “Hub” Zemke is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. In part eight, he continues to discuss his wartime experiences during World War II. A sizeable portion of the interview focuses on Zemke’s time as an assistant military attaché in the Soviet Union, prior to the United States’ entry into the war. He…
Fighter ace Paul A. Conger discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot and his time in Europe with the 61st and 63rd Fighter Squadrons of the 56th Fighter Group. Special focus on several of his combat missions in Germany and the Netherlands, including one in which he encountered a large group of…
In this nine-part oral history, Hubert “Hub” Zemke is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. In part four, he continues to discuss his wartime experiences in Europe during World War II, focusing in particular on his time as group commander of the 56th Fighter Group in England. He relates a number of stories about squadron commander Dave Schilling…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Harold E. Comstock discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part two, Comstock is interviewed by historian Eric M. Hammel and provides clarifying details regarding the wartime experiences and missions discussed in part one. He also describes his training history and touches briefly on his postwar…
In this nine-part oral history, Hubert “Hub” Zemke is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. In part seven, he continues to discuss his wartime experiences during World War II. Most of the interview focuses on topics related to his time as a group commander in Europe, such as notable combat missions, aircraft capabilities and development, fighter…
In this nine-part oral history, Hubert “Hub” Zemke is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. In part one, he describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot during World War II, focusing in particular on his time as group commander of the 56th Fighter Group in England. He also touches on his time as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Leslie C. Smith is interviewed about his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part two, he continues to describe his experiences as a fighter pilot with the 56th Fighter Group. Special focus on a bomber escort mission to Brunswick, Germany on March 15, 1944 in which Smith scored an aerial victory. He also touches…