Dewitt, Al (Interview outline and video), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Al Dewitt was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. Al was assigned to be a glider pilot and received his glider wings. He then trained as a fighter pilot but remained based in the US. He became a farmer after the war, but was called back into duty for 21 months during the Korean War. He was first a test pilot for the AT-6 and then was put on a B-36 crew. They did training runs and went over Russia at high altitudes, and Al survived a particularly dangerous crash landing.

2008-08-07

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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