Oral History Interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett, November 15, 2001
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett. He begins by discussing joining the Army Air Corps, basic training and flight school. Then he went to a base in South Carolina to learn to fly B-25s, then to Fort Myers, Florida to fly B-26 bombers, and train to fly B-26s off aircraft carriers so they could drop torpedos on the Japanese fleet during naval battles, traveling across the Pacific to Brisbane to be told they didn't have B-26s for the crews…
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Date:
November 15, 2001
Duration:
1 hour 17 minutes 45 seconds
Creator:
Bennett, Richard (Dick)
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation