Baldwin, Charles 2018-11-06
This interview features Charles Baldwin as he recounts his service in World War II as a fighter pilot. In this interview, Baldwin describes why he wanted to get his pilot license and then flying a fighter plane in the European theater of World War II.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Charles Baldwin
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 6, 2018
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 01:30:14 (1 hour 30 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; Meeting his second wife; Going to college, his major in college; Getting called to service during World War II, pilot training; Where he went after ground school; entering the European theater; Facing the Germans in air combat; the plane he flew in combat; What happened to the fighter pilots after the war; Achieving his letters and photos, getting back home after the war
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace https://hdl.handle.net/10605/361851
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