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PLATTE, Claude (b. 1919)

Oral Histories

OH 1633

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II veteran and flight instructor to the Tuskegee Airmen. Childhood and early education in Fort Worth, Texas; early love of flying; decision to attend Tuskegee Institute and 1940 graduation; participation in Civilian Pilot Training Program; employment at Tuskegee’s Moton Field as flight instructor; opinions regarding various pilots at Tuskegee; postwar career as U.S. Air Force flight instructor.