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Lieutenant Colonel David S. David Clifton, a twenty-four year member of the United States Air Force and veteran of World War II, recounts the experiences of childhood, military career, education and post-retirement life in Pompano Beach, Florida. This oral history includes photographs from the era of WWII, pertinent newspaper clippings, and memories of serving as a B-17 bomber pilot and crew training instructor and squadron commander. His active duty service included assignments in United States, United Kingdom and Guam. Mr. Clifton was eighty three years old at the time of the interview. He currently resides in Pompano Beach, Florida and runs a family owned and operated charter boat business.
Title: Clifton, Lieutenant Colonel David – ca. 2001.
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Name(s): Clifton, David
Riley, Charles
Type of Resource: sound recording
Genre: Interviews
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Physical Form: audio/mp3
Extent: 0.412303240740741
Language(s): English
Summary: Lieutenant Colonel David S. David Clifton, a twenty-four year member of the United States Air Force and veteran of World War II, recounts the experiences of childhood, military career, education and post-retirement life in Pompano Beach, Florida. This oral history includes photographs from the era of WWII, pertinent newspaper clippings, and memories of serving as a B-17 bomber pilot and crew training instructor and squadron commander. His active duty service included assignments in United States, United Kingdom and Guam. Mr. Clifton was eighty three years old at the time of the interview. He currently resides in Pompano Beach, Florida and runs a family owned and operated charter boat business.
Identifier: FA00002636 (IID)
Note(s): All rights reserved by the source institution
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Sublocation: Boca Raton, Fla.
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002636
Host Institution: FAU
Title: Interview with Lieutenant Colonel David Clifton – ca. 2001.
Name(s): Clifton, David
Riley, Charles
Type of Resource: mixed material
Genre: Oral Histories
Interviews
Date Issued: 2001-06-12 & 06-28, 2001-07-19 & 07-28
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
Physical Form: pdf/mp3
Extent: 150p. : 09:53:43
Language(s): English
Identifier: 78770 (digitool), FADT78770p (IID)
Note(s): Lieutenant Colonel David S. David Clifton, a twenty-four year member of the United States Air Force and veteran of World War II, recounts the experiences of childhood, military career, education and post-retirement life in Pompano Beach, Florida. This oral history includes photographs from the era of WWII, pertinent newspaper clippings, and memories of serving as a B-17 bomber pilot and crew training instructor and squadron commander. His active duty service included assignments in United States, United Kingdom and Guam. Mr. Clifton was eighty three years old at the time of the interview. He currently resides in Pompano Beach, Florida and runs a family owned and operated charter boat business.
Subject(s): United States Air Force
World War, 1939-1945
Pompano Beach (Fla.)
B 17 bomber
Pilot
Oral histories --Florida
Oral history
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT78770
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: FAU