OH-209 Vaughan, Gene

Title

OH-209 Vaughan, Gene

Creator

Gene Vaughan

Contributor

Trent Dye

Date

March 19, 2014

Subject

Veterans, World War II

Description

Oral history interview with Gene Vaughan about life growing up in Mississippi during the Great Depression, how his whole class volunteered in 1943 to be aviator gunners, but he wanted to be a pilot like one of his older brothers. He did basic training in Arizona, but flew out of MacDill AFB after training in the Memphis Belle in Tampa, FL to England. He talks about bombing runs over Germany, and surviving all 25 missions before coming home and playing football. He then talked about post-war life.

Rights

Copyright of this interview belongs to the interviewee, Gene Vaughan.
Mr. Vaughan has granted permission for the use of this interview, please reference Flagler College's Oral History Collection.

Format

MP3

Language

English

Type

Audio File, Oral History

Identifier

OH-209

Date Created

March 19, 2014

Original Format

Audio recording on a flash drive

Duration

44:57

Transcription

Not available

Interviewer

Trent Dye

Interviewee

Gene Vaughan

Citation

Gene Vaughan, “OH-209 Vaughan, Gene,” World War II Resources in Northeast Florida, accessed November 11, 2024, https://wwiinefl.omeka.net/items/show/32.

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