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Box Assorted oversize box 14

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Contains 31 Results:

J.D. Thompson U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-03
Content Description The J.D. Thompson U.S. Air Force Collection is a small collection primarily consisting of visual materials documenting the military service of J.D. Thompson during Vietnam War in 1971. A few materials relate to his broader military service from 1966 into the 1980s. The strength of the collection is in the 238 photographic negatives and 25 prints illuminating Thompson's military service in Vietnam and the activites at Da Nang Air Base. The images depict the aircraft, flight...
Dates: 1966-1986; Majority of material found in 1971

Lois M. (Dobbin) Auchterlonie WASP Collection

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 14, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2025-07-01
Content Description The Lois M. (Dobbin) Auchterlonie WASP Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials documenting Lois Aucherlonie's service as a Women Air Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II and her being honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for that service. The collection includes three clippings and two digital prints. One clipping from 2006 describes her wartime service. Two clippings accompanied by two digital prints relate to her being honored with...
Dates: 2006-2010

Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-22
Contents of the Collection The Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection is a small collection of textual materials that pertain to Pitts' pilot career at National Airlines and post-retirement activities as founder and member of the Retired Airline Pilots Association (RAPA), also known as the Buccaneers, dating from 1934-1993. Included in the collection are photocopies of clippings about Pitts, National Airlines, and RAPA; photocopies of Pitts' identification cards and licenses; profiles on the history of NAL and RAPA; a 1993...
Dates: circa 1960s-1993

Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1983-11-18-A
Contents of the Collection The Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to the early days of airmail via Pacific Air Transport (PAT), United Air Lines (UAL), and Varney Air Lines (VAL). It includes textual and photographic materials, dating from 1929-1944. Textual materials include both original and photocopies of clippings related to airmail pilots of the 1930s-1940s, including some of their crashes and deaths; and airmail service, including news about routes....
Dates: 1926-1948

Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-08-07
Contents of the Collection The Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection is comprised of materials relating to Poindexter's model-building of World War II Japanese and American ships during and after his World War II United States Army service. It includes three original drawings of World War II ships, an identification manual, and a post-war hand-made display sign about the models.Poindexter drew all three drawings in pencil on oddly-shaped pieces of paper; one is of a submarine and the other two are ships....
Dates: 1941-1945

William D. Dunham World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-05-10
Contents of the Collection The William D. Dunham World War II Collection is small collection comprised of visual materials related to the World War II military service of William D. Dunham, circa 1939-1945. The collection primarily consists of seven photographs depicting Dunham and others with airplanes, specifically Dunham's Republic P-47 Thunderbolt "Bonnie" and North American P-51 Mustang "Mrs. Bonnie." In four of the photographs, other military personnel are also in the images. One print of the P-51...
Dates: circa 1939-1945

Dean Mesnard World War II Navigator Chart

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 14, oversize: folder 1
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

Assorted subjects -- photographs and lithographs, undated (circa 1930s-1970s)

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

File folder contains: two Boeing 747 images (with letters from King Size Photo Service); four images of locations in Alaska; three Boeing images (black-and-white, 707, "5 Grand"); ten assorted military images; 15 assorted aircraft images.

Oversize folder contains photograph of William Boeing Sr. and Eddie Hubbard with Model C on Lake Union.

Dates: undated (circa 1930s-1970s)

"Supervisory reclassifications" -- correspondence, personnel organizational charts, notes, and reports, 1956-1957

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents of Collection From the Collection: The Ellis Levin Boeing Papers documents Ellis Levin's 54-year career with the Boeing Company. This collection, which dates from 1937-1983, consists of reports, logs, agendas, notes, summaries, graphs, technical diagrams, hand-drawn diagrams and illustrations, lithographs, correspondence, articles, drafts of publications, speech scripts, clippings, personnel records, memorandums, course work, pamphlets, and company announcements, as well as 422 photographic prints and 2 negatives. The...
Dates: 1956-1957

"TMA / Commemoration of the First Around the World All Cargo Service / Liban"-- certificate, 1971 April 14

 File — Box: Assorted oversize box 14, oversize: folder 1
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection is a small collection that holds textual and visual materials relevant to the 1956-1977 career of Lester Lee Cruse, pilot for Japan Airlines, Saudia, Southern Airways, Trans Mediterranean Airways, and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials include his flight log books, which start with his flight training in 1949 and continue through his career through 1977. The logs include brief information about type of aircraft, origination...
Dates: 1971 April 14

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