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Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1896 - 1993

Biographical Note

James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993) was a pilot who set two early transcontinental flying time records, pioneered advancements in aviation, led the Tokyo raid in 1942, and commanded the Eighth Air Force attack on Germany.

Citation:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/James_Harold_Doolittle.aspx

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Information Files - D

 Sub-Group
Scope and Contents Individuals whose names begin with D: Dahlberg, Kenneth H. [Triple ace fighter pilot] "In Search of WWII Memories," Cessna Owner magazine, 2005 "The Kenneth Dahlberg Story," A.A.H.S. Journal, Summer 1967"Kenneth H. Dahlberg, 94, Link in the Watergate Chain," New York Times, October 9, 2011 Daily, Leo A. [Aviation architectural/engineering firm] ...
Dates: 20th Century

Herbert Brucker Film

 Collection — Box Film Box 2, Reel: 1
Identifier: 2007-11-16-B
Contents of the Collection The Herbert Brucker Film is a small collection containing one privately shot black-and-white film taken at Mitchell Field in Garden City, New York in 1927. The film is five minutes and 44 seconds long. The footage depicts several well-known aviation events and activities by famous aviators, such as Charles Lindbergh taking off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" for his transatlantic flight; the christening of "America," Richard E. Byrd's Fokker C-2; and James Doolittle performing...
Dates: 1927

Odell Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-05-18
Abstract

The Odell Family Collection primarily consists of field message books and printed ephemera used during World War I by Lieutenant James H. Odell of the Royal Flying Corps Canada. There is also a small amount of photographs featuring aircraft of the 1920s-1930s.

Dates: circa 1910s to 1930s

James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1098
Abstract

Lt. Col. James C. Stewart (1919-2004) was born in Corona, California. He joined the Army Air Force, graduated from flying school in August 1940, and was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group which was stationed in England during World War II. The collection primarily covers Lt. Col. Stewart's 1943-1966 military service with military records, personal documents, photographs, clippings, assorted ephemera, and films.

Dates: 1919-1989; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

Ted Young Aviation lithograph collection

 Collection — Box Small Collections oversize materials 2019-, oversize: folder
Identifier: 2019-00-00-1
Contents of the Collection The Ted Young Aviation lithograph collection is comprised of eighteen (18) 11x14" color lithographs of assorted aircraft and aviators, created in 1974-circa 1990s. Identified aircraft include the Wright Military Flyer, "The Spirit of St. Louis", and Lockheed Vega "Winnie May." Identified personalities include Amelia Earhart, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Wilbur and Orvile Wright, General Jimmy Doolittle, Robert H. Goddard, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn. Many of the lithographs, specifically...
Dates: 1974-circa 1990s

Series XV. Personal, 1910-2002, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Personal The Personal series consists of materials related to WPL’s and MOL’s professional lives but which are not directly tied to any of the companies. The series is divided into four subseries: William P. Lear, Moya Olsen Lear, Lear Family, and General. Each of these has been further broken down and are clarified below. Materials are generally, but not always, arranged by date, with undated items at...
Dates: 1910-2002, undated

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Type
Collection 4
Archival Record 2
 
Subject
16mm (photographic film size) 3
booklets 2
photographic prints 2
printed ephemera 2
scrapbooks 2
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Aces (Fighter pilots) 1
Aeronautics, Commercial 1
Air pilots 1
Air pilots, Military 1
Air pilots--Licenses 1
Air shows 1
Aircraft accidents 1
Airplanes, Military 1
Airships 1
Bell 206A Jetranger 1
Bell FM-1 Airacuda 1
Biplanes 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Bogotá (Colombia) 1
Bombing, Aerial 1
California 1
Cessna 310 1
China 1
Collier Trophy 1
Corona (Calif.) 1
Curtiss CW-14 Speedwing 1
Curtiss P-36 Hawk Family 1
Curtiss P-37 (Hawk 75I) 1
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1
England 1
European paper money 1
Farnborough (West Berkshire, England) 1
Fighter pilots 1
Flights around the world 1
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Family 1
Fullerphone 1
Garden City (N.Y.) 1
Germany 1
Great Britain 1
Hangzhou (China) 1
Hawaii 1
Heinkel He 111 Family 1
Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Sparrow), Volksjäger (People's Fighter) 1
Junkers Ju 188 Family 1
Kansas 1
Korea 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 1
Lockheed Model 1/2/5 Vega Family 1
Lockheed P-3 Orion Family 1
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 1
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Family 1
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet) Family 1
Messerschmitt Me 210 Family 1
Michigan 1
Military cadets 1
Missouri 1
Mitchel Field (N.Y.) 1
Monocoupe Monocoupe Model 90 Series 1
Moscow (Russia) 1
Nevada 1
New York (State) 1
Newport News (Va.) 1
North American AT-6 Texan Family 1
North American BC-1 1
North American BT-9/BT-14 Family 1
Northrop A-17A (DA-209) 1
Osan Air Base (South Korea) 1
Parachuting 1
Paris (France) 1
Pusan (Korea) 1
Randolph Air Force Base (Tex.) 1
Regensburg (Germany) 1
Republic P-47C Thunderbolt 1
San Antonio (Tex.) 1
Stearman (1927) PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) 1
Stunt flying 1
Super 8 1
Tokyo (Japan) 1
Travel Air Model 4000 (Model 4) Family 1
V-mail 1
Wedell-Williams Model 44 II (NR 536V) (Race #: 92) 1
Wendover Army Air Field (Utah) 1
Wisconsin 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
Wright (Brothers) 1904 Flyer II 1
aerial photographs 1
awards 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
greeting cards 1
lithographs 1
manuscripts (documents) 1
negatives (photographs) 1
oil paintings (visual works) 1
open reel audiotapes 1
passports 1
patents 1
photographic postcards 1
postcards 1
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