Roland Cadoret papers
Scope and Contents
Roland Cadoret served as a B-17 pilot in the 351st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in the European Theater. His collection contains a manuscript, "The Battle of Grounded Eagles," in which he details his entire POW experience from mission briefing to liberation, an excerpt from his diary, and his photocopied version of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's letter to Invasion Forces. The Polebrook Post 351st Bomb Group Association 8th Airforce Vol. XXVII-No. 2, and the English version of the Moorsburger Beitung, a newspaper, which had special stories all about the POWs which were kept at Stalag VII-A.
Dates
- Created: 1943-1995
- Other: Majority of material found in 1944
- Other: Date acquired: 12/05/2008
Creator
- Cadoret, Roland (Person)
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 or Historical Information
Roland Cadoret received his training in Texas and Oklahoma. He flew as a B-17 pilot in World War II and participated in the D-Day Invasion. He flew many successful missions before his plane was shot down and he was held as a German prisoner of war for almost a year in Luft Stalag VII-A.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
creator
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Source of Acquisition
Roland Cadoret
Method of Acquisition
donation
- Ada (Okla.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- B-17 bomber Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war--Europe--Interviews Subject Source: Local sources
- Stalag Luft VII Subject Source: Local sources
- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States--Army Air Forces--Aerial operations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States--Army Air Forces--Aerial operations--Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army Air Forces
- United States. Army Air Forces--Military life Subject Source: Lcnaf
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Heavy), 351st
- United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Roland Cadoret papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 03/27/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu
