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Title
Walter
Kramp
Duration
1:09:19
Place
Pemberville
Public
Library
Description
Walter
Kramp
got
a
high
number
in the
draft
registration
,
so
in
late
1942
he
went
to
Toledo
and
enlisted
in the
Army
Air
Corps
. He was
sworn
in the
following
spring
and
eventually
began
training
for
flight
school
at
Kelly
Field
in
Texas
. The
interview
includes
vivid
details
about
different
aspects
of
training
and a
good
amount
of
technical
detail
.
After
basic
training
he was
assigned
to the
Air
Transport
Command
. In
late
1943
, he
got
a
new
C-46
and was
sent
to
India
by
way
of
Puerto
Rico
,
Brazil
,
Ascension
Island
and
Africa
.
Stationed
in
Moonberry
,
India
on the
site
of a
tea-growing
garden
, he and his
colleagues
flew
supplies
into
China
along
"The
Aluminum
Trail.
" The
wide-ranging
discussion
covers
living
and
working
conditions
for the
pilots
and their
crews
, the
dangers
associated
with the
missions
they
flew
, and the
strategic
importance
of the
supply
route
over
"the
hump.
" By the
time
he was
rotated
back
to the
states
in
late
1944
,
Mr
.
Kramp
had
flown
94
round
trips
over
the
Himalayas
. Then he
spent
another
year
flying
missions
out
of
Long
Beach
,
California
before
he was
discharged
in
1946
.
Dale
Bruning
is
the
interviewer
.
Date of Original
March
14
,
2008
Source
http://www.norweld.org/MyWar/WalterKramp.html
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