Oral History Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, September 13, 1999

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Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, Army Air Forces veteran (326th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible gunnery school, Eagle Pass, Texas, 1943; bombardier school, Big Spring, Texas, 1943-44; aircrew assembly, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1944; B-17 operational training, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1944; transit from Kearney, Nebraska, to England, 1944; V-1 sightings; assignment to the 93rd Bomb … continued below

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Marcello, Ronald E. & Spillman, Pat Yates September 13, 1999.

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Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, Army Air Forces veteran (326th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible gunnery school, Eagle Pass, Texas, 1943; bombardier school, Big Spring, Texas, 1943-44; aircrew assembly, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1944; B-17 operational training, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1944; transit from Kearney, Nebraska, to England, 1944; V-1 sightings; assignment to the 93rd Bomb Group; procedures for a typical bombing mission, particularly the bombardier's role; comments about flak; bombing under poor weather conditions; comments about various missions; his elevation to squadron lead bombardier; rest and relaxation after missions; the bombing of German submarine pens and the use of "Disney Bombs"; raid to Nürnberg, October 3, 1944; end of the war and his mustering out of the service, October 1, 1945. Appendix consists of four leaves of missions in which he participated in as the bombardier.

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Marcello, Ronald E. & Spillman, Pat Yates. Oral History Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, September 13, 1999, book, September 13, 1999; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2339438/: accessed April 19, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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