Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 5
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Cronin:we got the worst equipment.
Did the crews have quite a bit of confidence in the
B-24, let us say as opposed to the B-17?
Very much so. It was the old Ford versus Chevrolet
argument. I could give you some statistics, and a
B-17 man would tell you I was wrong. We used to fly
higher, fly faster. We would be taking off when the
B-17's were forming, having been in the air about an
hour earlier than us, and we'd get to the target at the
same time. So there were many pluses. The B-24's a
lighter aircraft, but I won't get into that. But they
were comparable.
Where did you land when you got to Italy? Where was
your base of operations?
We went to a place called Foggia. That was a staging
area, and from Foggia we were assigned to our base.
And where was the base then?
It was in a little town called Cerignola. It was
outside of the town of Cerignola. Cerignola was so
insignificant that we were instructed that if for any
reason we should have to stop or be in this little one-
horse village, we were to abandon the jeep and walk out
because everyone and everything six months old and older
was infected with malaria and all types of disease. I
doubt if you could find it on a map, but there was a
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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/m1/7/?q=%22~1~1%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.