Oscar G. Richard, III Interview (2007)
World War II Oral Histories
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: Barth, Germany
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2007-08-23
Duration: 00:35:45
Subjects: Richard, Oscar | World War II | Military | Veterans | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives | United States. Army. Air Corps | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe | Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 | Prisoner of war | Stalag Luft I | Authors
Contributors:
- Richard, Oscar G., III Interviewee
- Lefebvre, Marian Interviewer
Description
An oral history interview conducted on August 23, 2007, with Oscar G. Richard, III, a bombardier in the 384th Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force during World War II. He discusses: enlisting in the Army Air Corps; his training; his deployment to Europe; flying in his first combat mission; the impact of General Jimmy Doolittle on destroying the German Luftwaffe; bailing out of his plane during his third mission and being captured as a German prisoner of war; his interrogation by the Germans; his imprisonment at the Stalag Luft 1 prison camp in Barth, Germany, for 16 months; the liberation of the camp; returning home; and publishing his memoir.