United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Theodore Jay Johnston Boeing Aircraft Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-22-A
Abstract
Theodore Jay Johnston (1923-2013) was born in Olympia, Washington and was a pilot with the Eighth Air Force (398th Heavy Bomb Group) during World War II. After the war, Johnston spent 37 years at Boeing, workings on a variety of projects, including the Boeing B-47 Stratojet and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The collection contains slides and technical documentation related to Johnston's personal history with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.
Dates:
1942-2002 ; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1953
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Robert K. Mason B-17 Incident Report and Photographs Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1985-09-11
Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of an incident report and photographs of a B-17G crew, 490th Bomber Group, 850th Squadron, based in Eye, East Anglia, England with its aircraft that was damaged by enemy fire during a bombing mission on March 9, 1945. The two-page report by B-17 pilot Robert Mason describes that the crew came under flak fire en route to their bombing target: railroad yards in Frankfurt, Germany. A shell passed through the No. 2 engine in the left wing without exploding....
Dates:
1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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- Air pilots, Military 1
- Aircraft accidents 1
- Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 1
- Airplanes -- Conservation and restoration 1
- Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
- Belgium 1
- Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 1
- Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 1
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 1
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 1
- Boeing Company -- Employees 1
- Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 1
- Bombing, Aerial 1
- TMOF Aircraft 1
- photographic prints 1
- slides (photographs) 1
- technical drawings 1 + ∧ less
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