Everett Walker papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the oral history interview of Lieutenant Colonel Everett Walker conducted by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience. Walker was forced to bail out very near the target on his eighteenth mission as a bombardier and gunner on a B-24. He discusses his rescue from the water, his interrogation experience and the conditions of his internment. He also talks about the many different escape attempts made by the American POWs at Stalag Luft III.
Dates
- Created: 1943-1973
- Other: Majority of material found in 1944
- Other: Date acquired: 07/01/2004
Creator
- Walker, Everett (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
Lieutenant Colonel Everett Walker (Air Force, 1943-1973) trained as a bombardier and gunner on a B-24. Walker completed crew training in Boise, Idaho before heading to England in late April of 1944. He was Incarcerated by the Germans during the war and sent to Stalag Luft III. Walker served thirty years in the Air Force before retiring.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
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
Everett Walker
Method of Acquisition
donation
- B-24 (Bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boise (Idaho) Subject Source: Local sources
- Prisoners of war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war--Europe--Interviews Subject Source: Local sources
- Stalag Luft III
- 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
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany 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
- Everett Walker papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 03/08/2018
- 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
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