- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of John Talbot Allan
- Creator:
- Westbrook, Frances H.; Finley, Shakealia
Allan, John Talbot, 1919-2011 - Date of Original:
- 2005-11-18
- Subject:
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Fighter plane)
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North
Korean War, 1950-1953
Marauder (Bomber)
P-40 (Fighter plane)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Denison University
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomber Group, 310th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Wing, 47th
Martin B-26
P-40 Warhawk
Distinguished Flying Cross - People:
- Allan, Margaret Evans, 1920-2000
Allan, Rachel Talbot Morrow, ca. 1888-1919
Morrow, John Craig, 1873-1955
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005 - Location:
- Algeria, Berteaux Air Field
Algeria, Oran, 35.69906, -0.63588
Algeria, Wilaya de Constantine, 36.33333, 6.66667
Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Goose Bay, 53.333333, -60.416667
Iceland, Reykjavík, 64.145981, -21.9422367
Italy, Sardinia, 40.06160405, 9.09775380655307
Mediterranean Sea, 35.0, 20.0
Morocco, Casablanca, 33.5950627, -7.6187768
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Algiers, 36.73225, 3.08746
Tunisia, Tunis, 33.8439408, 9.400138
United Kingdom, Scotland, South Ayrshire, Prestwick, 55.48333, -4.61667
United States, Florida, Okaloosa County, Eglin Air Force Base, 30.45907, -86.55026
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, 33.919538, -84.51632
United States, Massachusetts, Hampden County, Westover Air Force Base, 42.20204, -72.53766
United States, New Jersey, Union County, Westfield, 40.65899, -74.34737
United States, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, 40.6501, -73.94958
United States, Ohio, Granville, 40.0681192, -82.5196037
United States, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, 35.46756, -97.51643
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, John "Jack" Talbot Allan recounts his experiences as a bomber pilot in North Africa and Italy during World War II. He also describes his early years, in which he lost his mother five days after his birth to the influenza epidemic in 1919. His details life in North Africa, including trading with locals, encountering a Siebel Ferry and being shot down. He also discusses his post-war life including time in the Air Force Reserves at Dobbins Air Base and consulting with Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver in building commercial airports around the state.
Jack Allan was a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces in Africa during World War II.
Keywords: "Dixie Girl" - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/296
- 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:
- 58:25
- 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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