- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Edward C. Knauth
- Creator:
- Westbrook, Frances H.
Knauth, Edward Charles, 1921-2010 - Date of Original:
- 2005-11-25
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
B-17 bomber
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane)
Stephens, Royce Coy, 1921-1949
Key, Frederick Maurice, 1909-1971
LeMay, Curtis E.
Murphy, Frank DeSales, 1921-2007
Shackley, George G., 1917-2004
Hutchens, David D., 1922-2012
Milton, Theodore Ross, 1915-2010
Peaslee, Budd J., 1902-1983
Clore, Cecil M., 1921-1944
Brown, James Good, 1901-2008
Columbia University
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 381st
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 305st
Queen Mary (Steamship)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Second Schweinfurt Memorial Association
Silver Wings (pilot's association) - Location:
- Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gander, 48.9592291, -54.6187879
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United Kingdom, Scotland, South Ayrshire, Prestwick, 55.48333, -4.61667
United States, Florida, Lee County, Fort Myers, 26.62168, -81.84059
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Nebraska, Kearney, 40.4906216, -98.9472344
United States, New Jersey, Atlantic County, Atlantic City, 39.36415, -74.42306
United States, Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, 40.76078, -111.89105 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Ed Knauth recalls his history in the Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II. He relates his life and education before the war and how he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He describes his training as well as his trip to Europe. He describes in great detail many harrowing experiences during bombing runs, particularly those over the German cities of Regensburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Schweinfurt, Bremen, Oschersleben and Berlin. He recalls that he and the other pilots knew that some Swiss citizens were "selling" downed American pilots to the Germans; crew members would prepare by bringing maps of Switzerland and phone numbers for the embassies there. He recalls contracting hepatitis and spending a month in a hospital. He remembers his 25th and final flight. He also discusses several jet aircraft and the future of military aviation.
Ed Knauth was in the Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/240
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 44:12
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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