Gean Hale Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-?

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Army Air Forces/Corps

Location of Service:

Bonham, Texas; Randolph Field and Ellington Field, Texas; Smyrna, Tennessee; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran enrolled in Civil Pilot Training program at Rice University; did basic training at Bonham, Texas, flying PT-19; trained at Randolph Field, Texas, in BT-9 and AT-6; served as Instructor at Ellington Field, Texas, flying AT-10, AT-9, and AT-17 (UC-78); trained on B-24 in Smyrna, Tennessee; flew B-24 on "Hump flights" over Himalayas in China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater; flew B-24 converted to transport aviation fuel; flew C-54's; accrued 750 hours flying between India and China; reports problems encountered during flights include icing and St. Elmo's Fire.

Collection Information (Not at LOC)

Interviewer:

Martin Morgan

Contributor:

Sam Wegner

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

National D-Day Museum

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/22840

Subjects:

Hale, Gean
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Cite as:

Gean Hale Collection
(AFC/2001/001/22840), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Non-LC Repository Location:

National D-Day Museum