Sleaford, William (Interview outline and video), 2008

Citation

Sleaford, William, “Sleaford, William (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed April 20, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29546.

Title

Sleaford, William (Interview outline and video), 2008

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

William Sleaford, of Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, served with the United States Army Air Corps during WW II. He attended college courses while in the military for flight training. He flew with a bombing group in Europe and participated in dangerous covert air photography missions over the European continent. He also participated in carpet bagging missions, on one such flight, the aircraft faulted and he parachuted to the ground. A Portuguese truck driver found Sleaford and took him back to Portugal picked him up. After his service, he became an engineer with General Electric.

Date

2008-01-31

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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