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Oral History Interview with W. D. Whitson, November 15, 1995

Transcript of an interview with William D. Whitson, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (442nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), from Denton, Texas, 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.

Date: November 15, 1995

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, William D.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Warren Whitson, Jr., November 22, 1995

Warren Whitson, Jr., a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses his pre-flight and flight training in 1943, his assignment to the 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron at Stone, England, the characteristics of the B-17G, his first mission in Berlin, problems with flak, tactics to counter German radar, his engine trouble and crash land… more

Date: November 22, 1995

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, Warren, Jr.