Blain S. Gailey, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, October 24, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 607

• Main Author: Gailey, Blain S., 1923-
• Other Authors: University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah 2002
• Subjects: Gailey; Blain S.; 1923-2004 > Interviews; Veterans > Utah > Biography; World War; 1939-1945 > Personal narratives; American; World War; 1939-1945 > Aerial operations; 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe; Northern > Personal narratives; American; Bomber pilots > Biography; Army Air Corps; Buckley; Iceland
• Online Access: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63r2vzp

Transcript (52 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Blain S. Gailey on October 24, 2002. From tape number 607 in the “Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project Gailey (b. 1923) discusses growing up in Syracuse, Utah. He was inducted into the Army Air Corps. in February 1943. He describes his boot camp experiences at Buckley Field, Colorado, and Kingman, Arizona. Following bombardier training, he was commissioned as second Lieutenant. He flew with his company to Reykjavik, Iceland ,and then onto England. He discusses his experiences as a bombardier on thirty flight missions. Mr. Gailey returned home May 1945. He was stationed in Santa Monica, California, and then enrolled in flight school until the end of the conflict with Japan when he was discharged.Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlman. 52 pages.