Oral History Interview with Garvin Kowalke, January 23, 2001
Description:
Interview with Garvin Kowalke, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, going to Air Cadet training to become a pilot, and training on various aircraft (AT-17, UC-78, P-36, P-33, T-6, BT-13, B-17, B-29) before becoming a B-29 pilot; he shipped out to Guam and flew standard and fire bombing runs over Japan. He discusses having to ditch the plane on the way back to Guam once when the engines failed, seeing another B-29 crew have to bail out over Toyko Bay and get pic…
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Date:
January 23, 2001
Duration:
1 hour 46 minutes 10 seconds
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Kowalke, Garvin
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation