| Title: |
Reminiscences of James Harold Doolittle
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A162
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood 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.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 160 leaves, Tape: 3 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part III, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1973 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1896
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| Speaker occupation: |
Aviator
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document date: |
1973
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| Interviewer: |
Gallagher, Robert S.
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; Airplanes--Design and construction; North America; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Airplane racing; Aviation; Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-; Mitchell, William, 1879-1936; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019484-14927
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