Oral history interview with W. D. Whitson, 1995 November 15.

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Oral history interview with W. D. Whitson, 1995 November 15.

Interview with W.D. Whitson, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (442nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses flight training, his flight from the U.S. to Grafton-Underwood, England, his personal relationship with Curtis Le May, his missions and German defenses, his nineteenth mission and crash landing, and his twenty-fifth mission.

95 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II European Theater Oral History Project.

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Whitson, William W.

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United States. Army. Air Corps

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