Oral History Interview with David Braden, September 30, 2000
Description:
Interview with David Braden, a member of the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He discusses his training in the U.S. to become a navigator; his deployment to Saipan with the 870th Squadron, 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing; initial attacks on Tokyo in a B-29 bomber at high altitude (during which the jet stream interfered with the bombing raids); a low-altitude fire-bombing mission over Tokyo in March, 1945; living conditions on base at Saipan; a mission in which the B-29 he was on ditched in the o…
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Date:
September 30, 2000
Duration:
58 minutes 21 seconds
Creator:
Johnson, Kep & Braden, David
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation