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Oral history interview with Joe Russell, 1977 Aug. 18.
BANC MSS 99/68 zLOCALPhonotape 2963 C:1-2LOCAL
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Title:
Oral history interview with Joe Russell, 1977 Aug. 18Donated oral histories collection
Creator/Contributor:
Russell, Joe (Patrick Joseph), 1901-1982, creator, iveCreator/Contributor:
White, Wayne E., ivrCreator/Contributor:
Russell, Frances M. (Frances Miller), 1907-Creator/Contributor:
Idaho State Historical SocietyAbstract:
Joe Russsell discusses his career as an airplane pilot before and after World War II: learning to fly in Idaho just after
World War I, barnstorming in Idaho, eastern Washington and Oregon with his brother Basil "Bake" Russell, working as a commercial
pilot for Transcontinental Air Transport (later became Trans World Airways) 1930-1932, barnstorming and working as a salesman
for Lincoln Aircraft and Mono Aircraft in the Midwest, with some references to California; becoming a pilot on Cía. de Aviación
Faucett, Peru, in 1936, including comments on the equipment used by the firm, flying conditions and regulations, company policies,
salaries and benefits; returning to the United States and serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War
II; returning to Faucett, 1945-1949.
Includes biographical information about Joe Russell, answers to additional questions for Joe Russell posed by the interviewer,
autobiographical material, and a listing of the Patrick Joseph Russell Collection at the Idaho State Historical Society.
Date:
1977 (issued)Subject:
n-usc-- -- n-usp-- -- n-us-ca -- s-pe---Air pilots -- Interviews
Aeronautics -- Northwest, Pacific
Aeronautics -- Middle West
Aeronautics -- California
Aeronautics -- Peru
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
Pilotes d'aéronef -- Entretiens
Aéronautique -- Midwest (États-Unis)
Aéronautique -- Californie
Aéronautique -- Pérou
Military operations, Aerial -- American
Air pilots
Aeronautics
Peru
Pacific Northwest
Middle West
California
Compañía de Aviación Faucett.
United States. -- Army Air Forces.
United States. -- Army Air Forces
Note:
Interview conducted by Wayne E. White at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the Idaho State Historical Society,
Aug. 18, 1977. Transcript edited by Joe Russell and his wife Frances, who has added minor emendations in pencil.
Forms part of: Donated oral histories collection.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2963 C:1-2.
Idaho State Historical Society; Boise, Idaho.
REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Idaho State Historical
Society.
Idaho State Historical Society; Boise, Idaho. Patrick Joseph Russell collection (MS 247).
Patrick Joseph Russell, known by personal preference as Joe Russell, was born in Payette, Idaho, Jan. 4, 1901, and died in
Santa Rosa, Calif., Jan. 14, 1982; following his professional flying career, Joe Russell worked as an inspector for Boeing
Consolidated in Seattle, 1949-1950, and as a mechanic for United Airlines, San Francisco, until his retirement in 1966. He
continued to fly privately during that time.
Type:
Interviews.Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
22 leaves ; 28 cm
2 audiocassettes
5 items in portfolio
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 99/68 zLOCAL
Phonotape 2963 C:1-2LOCAL
Origin:
IdahoCopyright Note:
REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Idaho State Historical
Society.