Oral history interview with Joe Russell, 1977 Aug. 18.

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Oral history interview with Joe Russell, 1977 Aug. 18.

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Joe Russsell discusses his career as an airplane pilot before and after World War II: learning to fly in Idaho just after World War I, barnstorming in Idaho, eastern Washington and Oregon with his brother Basil "Bake" Russell, working as a commercial pilot for Transcontinental Air Transport (later became Trans World Airways) 1930-1932, barnstorming and working as a salesman for Lincoln Aircraft and Mono Aircraft in the Midwest, with some references to California; becoming a pilot on Cía. de Aviación Faucett, Peru, in 1936, including comments on the equipment used by the firm, flying conditions and regulations, company policies, salaries and benefits; returning to the United States and serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II; returning to Faucett, 1945-1949. Includes biographical information about Joe Russell, answers to additional questions for Joe Russell posed by the interviewer, autobiographical material, and a listing of the Patrick Joseph Russell Collection at the Idaho State Historical Society.

Transcript: 22 leaves ; 28 cm.Phonotapes: 2 sound cassettes.Supplementary material: 5 items in portfolio.

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