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Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Charles William Aiken Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Unit of Service: 410th Bomb Group
  • Location of Service: Texas; Denver, Colorado; Florida; Germany; Austria
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/19489

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About this Item

Title

  • Charles William Aiken Collection

Names

  • Aiken, Charles William
  • Louisville Free Public Library/University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
  • Huttenlocher, Geneva
  • Loomis, Kenneth

Home State

  • Kentucky

Headings

  • -  Aiken, Charles William
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Repository

  • Louisville Free Public Library/University of Louisville Archives and Records Center

Gender

  • Male

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Unit of Service: 410th Bomb Group
    • Location of Service: Texas; Denver, Colorado; Florida; Germany; Austria
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1945
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: After training, Charles Aiken went to Scotland aboard the RMS Aquitania. He then went to continental Europe and flew 38 missions manning 88mm anti-aircraft guns with a squadron of 36 planes. He remembers becoming wounded in the foot, using cellophane windows to disrupt German radars and the losses of other planes in the squadron. He also recalls the Battle of the Bulge, the Bridge at Remagen, using aviation fuel to melt snow on runways and bombing Frankfurt.

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/19489

Cite as

  • Charles William Aiken Collection (AFC/2001/001/19489), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

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Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Aiken, Charles William, Louisville Free Public Library/University Of Louisville Archives And Records Center, Geneva Huttenlocher, and Kenneth Loomis. Charles William Aiken Collection. 1942.

APA citation style:

Aiken, C. W., Louisville Free Public Library/University Of Louisville Archives And Records Center, Huttenlocher, G. & Loomis, K. (1942) Charles William Aiken Collection.

MLA citation style:

Aiken, Charles William, et al. Charles William Aiken Collection. 1942.