Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2021-07-07

Content Description

The Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials documenting Simonon's military service with the U.S. Navy during World War II and with the North Dakota Air National Guard after the war. The collection includes a "Flying the Weather" training booklet from the U.S. Navy with Alden's annotations; a logbook documenting his flights primarily at Naval Air Station Pensacola; separation records from his service with the U.S. Navy; individual flight records, an officer's training booklet, and other military records from his service with the North Dakota Air National Guard; and two formal 8x10" black-and-white photographic portraits of Alden in Naval uniform.

Dates

Creation: 1944-1950

Creator

Simonson, Alden Drew, 1922-1995 (Person)

Language of Materials

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research but has not been fully processed. Access to the collection may be limited or may require additional processing time. For more information contact us.

Conditions Governing Use

The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.

Extent

.3 Cubic Feet (1 half width legal size document box, 1 oversize folder)

Additional Description

Separated Materials

The following items have been separated from the archival component of this collection and are kept in the Library:

Flight Training
Principles of Flying
Effects of Flight
Flight Control Systems
Flight Instruments
Instrument Flight (Part One)
Physics
Gunnery Approaches
Flight Training
Aerology for Pilots
Aircraft Engines and Parachutes
U.S. Navy "Sense" Booklets: Aleutian, Arctic, Dunking, Flat-Hatting, Fuel Saving, "G", Gunnery, Manners, Oxygen, Parachute, Patrol, Prisoner, Security, Shark and Taxi
Aerology Series: Number One Ice Formation On Aircraft and Number Three FOG
The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet