Interview of Donald Elmore Turner re whereabouts on 11/24/71
Transcribed 22 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:039-040 Document: FD-302 interview of Donald Elmore Turner re whereabouts on 11/24/71 Id: Cooper-Part-72:039-040 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A039-040 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 pp. 39–40 (DB Cooper-30848), FD-302 interview, transcribed 22 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1533 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A039-040
FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 12/22/71
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DONALD ELMORE TURNER, 2314 Churchill Drive, Mobile, Alabama, telephone 473-3441, was interviewed at the home of his father, HENRY ELMORE TURNER, 1958 Cottage Court, Mobile, Alabama. He was advised that he was being interviewed in regard to the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. TURNER furnished the following information:
Mr. TURNER advised that during early summer of 1971, he was employed by Valley Helicopter, Post Office Box 805, Trisp, Washington, as general manager. He said that he flew the company's only "hot" helicopter and did spraying and fertilizing work for the Department of Agriculture. He said that in June, 1970, he had a[REDACTED] [REDACTED]Valley Helicopter, when he took the helicopter to Great Falls, Montana, for a spraying job. He said that[REDACTED] [REDACTED]he left the helicopter in Great Falls and returned to Mobile, Alabama, quitting work with Valley Helicopter. He said, however, that he still is part owner in the company since he holds stock.
Mr. TURNER said that on November 16, 1971, he was employed by a branch office of Teledyne Movable Offshore, which is located in New Iberia, Louisiana. He was hired as a power plant engineer and would do all electrical work and run the powerhouse on offshore drilling rigs. He said that on November 19, 1971, he left Intercoastal City, Louisiana, by helicopter to work on an offshore drilling rig 65 miles south of Intercoastal City. He said tha[t]he [guess: loaded] on the rig with 22 other persons until December 4, 1971, at which time he returned to Intercoastal City by helicopter.
He said that during this time he did not leave the rig. TURNER advised that his supervisors were[REDACTED] He stated that[REDACTED]maintained personnel records at the Teledyne Movable Offshore Office in New Iberia which would list the names and addresses of all other persons on the rig between November 19, 1971, and December 4, 1971. TURNER said that[REDACTED] Louisiana, and[REDACTED] Louisiana.
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Interviewed on 12/29/71 at Mobile, Alabama File # [REDACTED] 164-34 [REDACTED] 164-81- [guess: 1533] by [REDACTED] SA LEE : [guess: MRC] Date dictated 12/29/71 SEARCHED [illegible] SERIAL[illegible] This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FBI - SE[REDACTED]-30847
MO 164-34
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He said that he felt that all of these persons could verify his whereabouts on November 24, 1971.
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DONALD TURNER advised that he was a paratrooper with the United States Army from 1960 to 1963, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He also said that he was a flight mechanic from November of 1950 to November of 1953, at Fairbanks, Alaska, and from February 1954 to April 1955, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. He said that he has flown fixed-wing aircraft before but has never flown jets.
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The following information was obtained through interview and observation:
Name DONALD ELMORE TURNER Address 2314 Churchill Drive Mobile, Alabama Telephone 478-3441 Date of birth April 11, 1933 Place of birth Deer Park, Alabama Social Security Number 417-38-8704 Wife [REDACTED] Children [REDACTED] Father HENRY ELMORE TURNER 58 Cottage Court Mobile, Alabama Employment Teledyne Movable Offshore New Iberia, Louisiana Drivers License Number Alabama 2692872 Race White Sex Male Eyes Black Hair Brown Weight 180 pounds Height 5'10" Complexion Medium Build Stocky
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TURNER furnished a photograph taken of him in 1970.
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DB Cooper-30848
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b6 b7C
Serials: MO 164-34, SE 164-81-1533
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