Oral history interview with William Graham, 1999 December 16.

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Oral history interview with William Graham, 1999 December 16.

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Interview with William Graham, businessman and Army Air Forces veteran (410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a flight engineer on a B-17 in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942; technical training at Consolidated Aircraft, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment as head of operations, Sioux Falls, Iowa, 1942-44; description of his functions as a flight engineer; his description of the flying characteristics of the B-17; assignment to the 410th Bomb Squadron at Bury Saint Edmunds, England, May, 1944; his description of various missions over Germany; coping with enemy flak and fighters; his first mission to Berlin; his first encounter with enemy jet aircraft; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; his second raid to Berlin, 1945; postwar business career.

77 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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