Starke, William H.

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Starke flew 121 combat missions as a P-38 pilot in the South Pacific with the 44th Fighter Squadron. After the war, he ran a Ford dealership in Fort Atkinson (Wisconsin) and served in the Air Force Reserves for twenty-three years.

From the description of Oral history interview with William Starke, [videorecording], 2002. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 764601884

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Subjects:

  • Bombing, Aerial
  • Airmen
  • Airmen
  • Airmen
  • Bombardment
  • Combat
  • Fighter pilot
  • Fighter plane combat
  • Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
  • Lightning (Fighter plane)
  • Navigation (Aeronautics)
  • V E Day, 1945
  • Veterans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • Wisconsin--Fort Atkinson (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)
  • Papua New Guinea--Rabaul (as recorded)
  • Pacific Area (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)