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Knight, Robert James (Interview outline and video), 2016
- Notes:
- Robert Knight was born in Decatur, Michigan on March 28, 1933. He enlisted in the Air Force on March 3, 1953 and received his basic training at Sampson Air Force Base, New York. He received property accounting and material services training at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming and then went on to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida where he was assigned to the 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron. The squadron was attached to the 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing and was deployed to Bitburg Air Base, West Germany, in March 1954. He worked in the supply section at the base, went on maneuvers, and went to Wheelus Air Base, Libya for missile testing in the Sahara Desert. He left Bitburg Air Base in December 1956 and was discharged in New York in that same month.
- Date Created:
- 2016-03-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Subject Topic:
- Oral history, Veterans History Project (U.S.), United States--History, Military, Veterans, Video recordings, Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American, and United States. Air Force
- Rights:
- <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
- URL:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40786