Ed Higgins: Interview

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Date
2008-02-14
Main contributor
Higgins, Ed
Summary
Ed Higgins, U.S. Air Force, WW II (Interviewed Feb. 14, 2008) Meet Ed Higgins of College Station. As a World War II forward navigator on six B-17 missions over Europe, he experienced his share of uncertain moments -- like his very first mission to Brandenburg (the gateway to Berlin) a navigator of the number two plane in a 1000 plane group. There were 3 missions where the beaches at Royan, France was the target, then over Dresden and finally Ingolstadt.  After his tour of Europe he be became a pilot and as a captain was the ranking student officer in-flight training at Bryan Air Force Base.
Contributors
KAMU-TV (Television station : College Station, Tex.); Turbiville, Tom
Genres
MovingImage; interview; Oral histories
Subjects
Higgins, Ed; Veterans--United States--Interviews; United States. Air Force; World War, 1939-1945; Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas--Alumni and alumnae
Collection
Veterans of the Valley
Unit
Collections
Language
English
Terms of Use
In copyright-educational use permitted; For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Notes
Items in this collection were donated to Cushing Memorial Library and Archives in 2017 by Tom Turbiville

Creation/Production Credits

From "Veterans of the Valley," a television series created by host Tom Turbiville and produced at KAMU-TV’s studio on the Texas A&M University, College Station campus

Local Note

reformatted digital
Other Identifier
Catalog Key: 03-VOTV-Higgins_Ed-video

Access Restrictions

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