Recorded interview of John Goldsmith by Dick Wickham, part 4 of 4 (side B of 2nd of 2 microcassettes) (MC 376/568/2)
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Recorded interview of John Goldsmith by Dick Wickham, part 4 of 4 (side B of 2nd of 2 microcassettes)
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MC 376/568/2
1 side of microcassette
nd [late 1980s]
General documents relating to the activities of the 2nd Air Division/Wartime Norfolk/Dick Wickham's recordings of Norfolk residents
Dick Wickham, John Goldsmith
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Dicsussion about photographing and video recording crews on base and meeting veterans at reunions, including Danny Blumenthal. Describes friendship with American flight engineer-turret gunner Danny Blumenthal, or Rosenthal, who had been a Disney artist and painted some aeroplane nose art. Discussion about the proportional losses of the USAAF to the Army infantry and short average lifespan of a bomber aircraft. Discussion of the reputation of airmen and their popularity with women. Description of the use of airbags in aircraft salvage. Detailed eyewitness accounts of Joseph P. Kennedy Junior's fatal air crash, including Derek Baggott's account. Mentions Metfield bomb dump explosion. Recorded on side A and side B. For preceding recording, see MC 376/568/1. For reference to this interview in the interview of Mr and Mrs Bob Barber, see MC 376/565/1.