World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Charles Diedling transcript
Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box 2 (04.0046-04.0075), Folder: 04.0053 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0053
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an oral history transcript of Staff Sergeant Charles Diedling, a flight engineer on a B-24 with the 460th Bomb Group at Spinazola, Italy. Charles Diedling discusses his training as a flight engineer and waist gunner for the B-24 at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and Loredo AFB, Texas. In June of 1944, he was assigned to the 460th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force in Spinazola, Italy. Diedling was shot down over Germany becoming a prisoner of war.
Dates:
Created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2004
