Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 10
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Cronin:of the time. We got hit more that day than the day we
went down.
Was the flak always pretty heavy over the targets that
you bombed?
Yes. The only time that you had light flak was if you
took alternate targets. Say the weather was bad . . . I
think they knew you were coming. They'd tell us that
some of the guns on the target . . . we knew they were
there. When you're in the high squadron, you're lucky.
One day we were high plane on high squadron, and I
believe we were up around 24,000 feet.
How come you met very little fighter opposition? Did
you have your own fighter escorts?
Yes.
Did you have the Mustang at this time, the P-51?
The Mustang was always out with us going up and coming
back--not always. There are two reasons why we did
not experience fighter aircraft: First, was that there
were several squadrons of fighters that would meet us
and escort us in. They always stayed out. It was inter-
esting to watch them peal off and stay away from the
flak area. Of course, they didn't have to go in with
one exception, and I want to be sure and give you that
exception. That would be interesting to young men
hearing this. We did not experience fighters partially
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R. Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972, book, February 1, 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529237/m1/12/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.