Search Digital Records

• Subject > Air pilots, Military (remove)
• Subject > Vought F4U Corsair Family (remove)
• Subject > Fighter pilots (remove)

Limit your search

• Oral History (6)

• Japan (5)
• Okinawa Island (Japan) (4)
• Korea (2)
• Papua New Guinea (2)
• Solomon Islands (2)
• Vietnam (2)
• Florida (1)
• Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) (1)
• Iriomote Island (Japan) (1)
• Khé Sanh (Vietnam) (1)
• Marcus Island (Japan) (1)
• Opa-Locka (Fla.) (1)
• Pensacola (Fla.) (1)
• Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1)

• oral histories (literary works) (6)
• audiocassettes (5)
• open reel audiotapes (1)

• In copyright (6)

• Air pilots, Military (6)
• Fighter pilots (6)
• Vought F4U Corsair Family (6)
• Aces (Fighter pilots) (5)
• United States. Marine Corps (5)
• World War, 1939-1945 (5)
• Farrell, William (3)
• United States. Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (3)
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island (3)
• Grumman F6F Hellcat Family (2)
• Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero Fighter) Zeke (Ben, Ray) Family (2)
• Mitsubishi G4M Betty Family (2)
• Blackburn, Tom, 1912-1994 (1)
• Carlton, Delno (1)
• Chenoweth, Oscar I. (1)
• Cupp, James N. (1)
• Grumman F9F Panther (Straight-Wing) Family (1)
• Grumman TBF Avenger Family (1)
• Ingalls, David S. (David Sinton), 1899-1985 (1)
• Korean War, 1950-1953 (1)
• McWhorter, Hamilton, III, 1921-2008 (1)
• Sakai, Saburō, 1916-2000 (1)
• Sitkoh Bay (Cargo ship and aircraft ferry) (1)
• United States. Marine Attack Squadron 311 (1)
• United States. Marine Fighter Squadron 311 (1)

6 results

[William Farrell oral history interview (Part 2 of 5)] (Item)

In this five-part oral history, fighter ace William Farrell discusses his 30+ years of service with the United States Marine Corps. In part two, he provides clarifying details regarding his wartime experiences and some of the combat missions discussed in the previous interview. Special focus on his World War II service with Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) and on a combat mission in May 1945…

[Delno Carlton oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter pilot Delno “Del” Carlton is interviewed about his military service with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The interview focuses specifically on an incident in 1944 or 1945, when VM(N)F-542 (Marine Night Fighter Squadron 542) deployed from the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) to Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan. Due to navigational errors, Carlton’s flight of Grumman F6F Hellcats…

[William Farrell oral history interview (Part 3 of 5)] (Item)

In this five-part oral history, fighter ace William Farrell discusses his 30+ years of service with the United States Marine Corps. In part three, he provides more clarifying details regarding his wartime experiences and some of the combat missions discussed in the previous interviews. Special focus on his World War II service with Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) and on a combat mission in…

[William Farrell oral history interview (Part 1 of 5)] (Item)

In this five-part oral history, fighter ace William Farrell discusses his 30+ years of service with the United States Marine Corps. In part one, he describes his experiences as a fighter pilot and shares memorable moments from his combat tours during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Topics discussed include his time stationed in Okinawa with Marine Fighting Squadron 312…

[Oscar I. Chenoweth, Adrian O. Van Wyen, and Hamilton McWhorter oral history interviews] (Item)

This recording contains one-on-one interviews with fighter aces Oscar I. Chenoweth and Hamilton McWhorter and with historian Adrian O. Van Wyen. Chenoweth and McWhorter discuss their military service with the United States Navy during World War II, including their time with Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) and Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9), respectively. Topics discussed include memorable combat…

[James N. Cupp oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter ace James N. Cupp discusses his military service with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot and his time in the South Pacific with Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213). Special focus on a combat mission over the Solomon Islands on July 15, 1943 in which Cupp shot down two Japanese aircraft: a Betty and a Zero.