Interview with Benny S. Powell, April 12, 1990

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Capt. Powell served with the 154th Tactical Reconaissance Unit in the United States Army Air Corps; flew P-38s (Lightening), P-39s (Airacobra), P-40s (Warhawk) and P-43s (Lancer); describes observation mission for the 3rd Armored Division; describes being hit by a tank and captured by the Germans; talks about experiences in a prisoner of war hospital; hospitals in England and America; artillery fire at Saint-Lo; activities in North Africa; mentions Kasserine Pass and El Guettar

Interview Accession

1990oh075_ww144

Interviewee Name

Benny S. Powell

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1990-04-12

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Powell, Benny S. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 12 Apr. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Powell, B.S. (1990, April 12). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Powell, Benny S., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. April 12, 1990, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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