Richard Lewis transcript
Content Description
This collection relates to Richard Lewis who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 in the European Theatre. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Lewis details his missions on a B-24 Bomber and B-17 Bomber during World War II and briefly describes his service in the Korean War.
Dates
- Event: 1942-1945
- Other: Date accessioned: 2005-01-18
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical / Historical
Born in Arkansas City, Kansas on April 2, 1922, Richard Lewis enlisted in the Army Air Corps on July 18, 1942 where he served as a pilot of both B-24 and B-17 bombers where he flew flew 35 combat missions in the European Theater. Richard Lewis returned to service during the Korean War where he flew transport missions. He passed away at the age of 94 on November 12, 2016.
Extent
1 folders (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transcript provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History.
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Air pilots, Military--United States Subject Source: Local sources
- Armed Forces--Reserves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- B-17 (Bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- B-24 (Bomber)--Anecdotes Subject Source: Local sources
- Fort Worth (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Korean War, 1950-1953 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marriage. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- North Pole (Alaska) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Salt Lake City (Utah) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- San Antonio (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sebring (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army Air Forces
- United States. Army Air Forces. Medals, badges, decorations, etc Subject Source: Local sources
- V-1 bomb Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wales Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--England Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--England--London Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Europe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Lewis, Richard, 1922-2016 (Interviewee, Person)
- Brock, Julia (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Richard Lewis transcript
- Author
- Beatrice Dain
- Date
- 09/09/2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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