Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of James Harold Doolittle, 1973
| Creator: | Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 | Project: | Robert Gallagher American Heritage oral history collection.
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript: 160 pages sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteAviator
Scope and ContentsChildhood interest in aviation; flight training, years as instructor; promoting aviation after World War I; early stunts, air shows; General Billy Mitchell; World War II bombing missions; DH-4 flight across United States; Snyder Cup races; acceleration and wind gradients research; full-flight lab work; test piloting, development of instrumentation
Subjects- Aeronautics, Military.
- Aeronautics.
- Air pilots--Interviews.
- Airplane racing.
- Airplanes--Design and construction.
- Aviation.
- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993--Interviews.
- Gallagher, Robert S., 1933-2002, interviewer.
- Interviews.
- Mitchell, William, 1879-1936.
- Oral histories (literary works)
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Access ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976
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