Johnson, Robert W.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dean Mesnard World War II Navigator Chart
Collection — Oversize folder
Identifier: 2004-05-24
Contents of the Collection
The collection contains a single navigational chart printed October 1944 and used by the United States Army Air Forces, 505th Bombardment Group during World War II. The top of the chart is printed as "AAF Special Plotting Chart, Chart No. S-501, Restricted." There are plotting notations done in pencil with various markings, presumably to aid the navigator. On the front of the chart is also a note that reads "Mission #22, Osaka, Japan, June 1, 1945, Crew 83-10, 505th Bomb Group." The front of...
Dates:
1944
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Johnson, R. W. - 2018-05-17, 2018
Item
Summary
Table of Contents: Introduction and docenting -- Back to the beginning -- War in Europe ended -- The war with Japan ended -- Work after the war -- Military discharge -- Finally got to work for Northwest Airlines -- Went to work for Boeing -- It's a different world out there -- Another career move.
Dates:
2018
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- Archival Record 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Aids to air navigation 1
- Boeing Company -- Employees 1
- Engineers 1
- Flight navigators 1
- Japan 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 1
- navigation charts 1 + ∧ less
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