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Autobiographical Narrative of Leonard A. Charpentier, June 18, 1999

Narrative of Dr. Leonard A. Charpentier. The narrative includes a monologue of Charpentier's experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Charpentier talks about basic training, flight training, fighter pilot training, his assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, the P-47 Thunderbolt, various missions, his being shot down on a mission over southern France and being captured, the treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital, and his postwar me… more

Date: June 18, 1999

Creator: Charpentier, Leonard A.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dolphus Edward Rowan, July 17, 2007

Interview with Ed Rowan, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Gadsden, Alabama. Rowan discusses his family background, education, work, purchasing an airplane, flying over the the wreck of the Hindenburg, joining the National Guard and flying coastal patrols, becoming a bomber pilot, his B-17 crew, the various missions they flew in the European Theater, fighters, flak, equipment, tactics, leaving the service, and working as an airline pilot. In appendix is a photo of Rowan's civilian plane, his D… more

Date: July 17, 2007

Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Rowan Jr., Dolphus Edward