Dawn Mulson Full Interview, 21 July 2010

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Dawn Mulson Full became a pilot with the Civilian Pilot Training program during World War II. Dawn was friends with influential female pilots Caro Bayley Bosca and Florence Boswell. She became an air traffic controller after going through training. She worked as an air traffic controller throughout the war and quit after she was married in 1947. Dawn only flew for a short time and participated in only one air race. Dawn is still a member of the 99s and wears a bracelet that her father created for her that has her pilot's license number and dates imprinted on it.

Participants: Mulson, Dawn Full (interviewee) / Epps, Michelle (interviewer)
Collection: International Women’s Air and Space Museum
Institutional Repository: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection

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