- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Farish "Hap" Chandler
- Creator:
- Unknown
Chandler, Farish Carter, Jr., 1921- - Date of Original:
- 2005-08-20
- Subject:
- Navigation (Aeronautics)
B-24 (Bomber)
Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944
B-29 (Bomber)
A-26 Invader (Bomber)
C-124 (Transport plane)
Caribou (Transport plane)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Chandler, Farish Carter, Sr., 1893-1959
Chandler, Andrew D., 1924-1989
Graham, William Franklin, 1918-
Hodges, Courtney H. (Courtney Hicks), 1887-1966
LeBailly, Eugene B. (Eugene Bernard), 1915-1992
Johnson, Jerry, Lt.
United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Wheaton College (Ill.)
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Pan American Airways Corporation
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomber Group, 489th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 491st
University of Georgia
United States. Air Force. Bomb Squadron, 13th
Ohio State University
Warner Robins Air Materiel Area (Ga.)
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
B-26 Invader (Bomber)
Chandler, Hap - Location:
- Korea, Kunsan Air Base
United States, California, Sacramento County, Mather Air Force Base (historical), 38.55722, -121.29861
United States, Colorado, Peterson Air Force Base, 38.81667, -104.73333
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Ohio, Greene County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 39.81791, -84.04995
United States, Texas, Bexar County, Randolph Air Force Base, 29.52931, -98.278
United States, Texas, Ellington Air Force Base
United States, Virginia, York County, Langley Air Force Base, 37.09801, -76.4206 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
vhs - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Hap Chandler describes his life in the Army Air Force during World War II and in the Air Force during the Korean War. He also outlines his father's military service in World War I as well his brother's Army service. He recalls how he got interested in aviation as a boy. On the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, he was a student at Wheaton College, where Billy Graham conducted a prayer meeting. His navigator's training took him to St. Petersburg and Miami, Florida, San Antonio and Houston, Texas. He flew both bombing and humanitarian missions over France and Germany. During Operation Market Garden, he flew supply missions for the ground troops, and describes watching the glider planes loaded with equipment arrive. Over Germany, he saw his first jet fighter plane, a German plane. He describes the reaction at the end of the war, and his trip home on the Ile de France. He arrived in New York City, took a train home to Fort McPherson, and stayed in the Ansley Hotel in Atlanta. He remained in the Air Force reserves and after finishing his education, he returned to active duty as an instructor on B-29s. He flew "tadpole" missions in Korea, and recalls that the greatest danger was from anti-aircraft fire, since the Russians had improved German radar; hence, they flew in a corkscrew path. After Korea, he flew worldwide missions, including to Kwajalein, North Africa, England, and Okinawa.
Hap Chandler was a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/371
- 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:
- 58:36
- 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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