Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 22
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Cronin:They were all 88's . .
Which everybody respected.
And that meant we were going to catch hell up there.
We didn't get to the target, however, but, no, we knew
that we were in for it, and we knew it was a long, long,
long, hard day on oxygen, and we were to extend our gas
consumption to its maximum. It was a big raid, maximum
effort that day.
I assume this was one of those synthetic oil plants in
Germany. That's what you were trying to knock out, I
assume.
I don't know but it was an oil target.
Well, of course, they didn't produce practically any of
their own oil in Germany, and I think just about all
the refineries there were producing synthetic fuel.
I don't know. I don't remember. I believe we had an
airfield as a second target. I can't remember, really.
Okay. Well, anyhow, continue.
You mean what happened as best as I can remember?
Right.
My first recollection of the day vividly begins with
number four engine acting up. Now the engines on an
aircraft are numbered left to right--one, two, three,
four. Number four was acting up, and I think we were
flying a slot that day, flying about number eight, but
I can't remember exactly. But anyway, we started
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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/m1/24/?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.