The Scrapbooks of Willis B. Haviland

An Earlybird's Scrapbook

NAS Whidbey Island
1942 - 1944

Whidbey Crosswind, 17 September, 1982

40th Anniversary Edition

With the advent of jet powered aircraft, "Prop Wash" no longer fit the scene. Ergo NAS Whidbey Island's paper evolved into the Whidbey Crosswind.

The 40th Anniversary Edition included a number of elements of historical interest and those stories and photos appear on the following pages.



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Lafayette
Escadrille
Porto
Corsini
Airplanes
Off Ships
Stateside
Action
The Roma
Catastrophe
Earlybird
Artifacts

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