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James H. Howard Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-10-01
Contents of the Collection The James H. Howard Fighter Ace Collection contains textual, photographic, and audiovisual materials in support of James H. Howard's Medal of Honor awarded in June 1944. Materials include military records, clippings, and photographs, among others. Due to the collection's small size, it has been arranged alphabetically. Howard was awarded the Medal of Honor in June 1944 for actions taken on January 11, 1944, the only fighter pilot in the European Theater to earn the distinction....

1910 Los Angeles Air Meet newspaper clippings

 Collection — Box: Scrapbook Box 7
Identifier: 2019-00-00-2
Contents of the Collection The collection is one (1) scrapbook of assorted newspaper clippings related to the 1910 International Air Meet at Dominguez Field in Los Angeles, California. The scrapbook is coverless with a failing binding. The clippings are from assorted unidentified newspapers and are glued to the pages, though some are loose.

It is unknown who collected the clippings.

69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-07-27-D
Contents of the Collection This collection is comprised of four color photographs of first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife, Paula, with 69 Squadron, Israel Air Force, inspecting Boeing B-17 aircraft that had participated in Israel's War of Independence in 1948. Included is a detailed description of how three repurposed B-17s shifted Israel's air potential during the war.

Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-02-26
Content Description The Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album consists of one album with snapshots documenting Abramson's service in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.The album has a teal cover with a Chinese or Japanese style dragon plate on the front cover, presumably purchased during his time abroad in service. It measures approximately 9x12x1.5 inches and has black paper pages. Inside there are 143 black-and-white photographs, each about 3.5x4.5 inches, affixed with album...

George E. Adams, Jr. Papers and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-03-15
Abstract Collection of materials related to the military service of Second Lieutenant George E. Adams Jr., who served as a reconnaissance pilot in World War II.

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...

Air Memorial Day Program

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-00-00-37
Abstract The collection contains a program for an air show honoring servicemen who died during World War I.

Air Show and Air Race Collection

 Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2018-00-00-137
Contents of the Collection The Air Show and Air Race Collection is a small collection pertaining to assorted historic air events. This is an artificial collection with materials gathered from a variety of sources.

The collection is primarily comprised of newspaper clippings and printed ephemera. Events documented include the Chicago International Air Show in Grant Park in 1911 and Rudolph's Flying Circus from 1984.

Dorothy Allen and Carol Gounaris Flying Tiger Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-14-A
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with a small amount of photographs that are related to Dorothy (Jesseman) Allen and Carol (Prentice) Gounaris who worked for the Flying Tiger Line as flight attendants, 1960-1964. The collection has been sorted into two series.Series I, Dorothy Allen materials, is the bulk of the collection. It includes Flying Tiger employee documentation in the form of a 1962 flight attendant seniority list, cholera vaccination certificate,...

John W. Allen World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-2
Overview John W. Allen was a B-17 navigator during World War II. The collection consists of visual, audiovisual, and textual materials documenting Allen's missions in Europe with the 91st Bomb Group (H), 401st Bomb Squadron.

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photographic prints 360
World War, 1939-1945 163
clippings (information artifacts) 154
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Air pilots, Military 99
certificates 86
logs (records) 86
World War, 1914-1918 73
Airplanes, Military 62
military records 60
booklets 58
photocopies 56
Soldiers 53
Air pilots 52
Airlines 52
aerial photographs 51
scrapbooks 48
negatives (photographs) 47
photograph albums 47
identity cards 46
Aircraft accidents 44
Flight attendants 44
brochures 44
postcards 44
Washington (State) 41
Boeing Company -- Employees 40
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 36
orders (military records) 34
France 33
Seattle (Wash.) 33
maps (documents) 33
slides (photographs) 33
menus 32
newsletters 32
Women in aeronautics 31
Fighter pilots 29
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 29
decals 29
notes (documents) 29
memorandums 27
Airplanes -- Design and construction 26
business cards 26
lithographs 26
programs (documents) 26
Japan 24
Northwest, Pacific 24
articles 24
photographic postcards 24
technical drawings 24
Airships 23
Boeing Model 747 Family 23
Flight training 23
posters 23
Germany 22
notebooks 22
technical reports 22
digital prints 21
Alaska 20
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 20
drawings (visual works) 20
China 19
Seaplanes 19
Women air pilots 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
signatures (names) 19
Biplanes 18
California 18
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 17
Bombing, Aerial 17
England 17
transportation timetables 17
16mm (photographic film size) 16
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Douglas DC-3 Family 16
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 16
diplomas 16
personnel records 16
Air mail service 15
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 15
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 15
airline maps 15
audiocassettes 15
Air shows 14
Airplanes -- Flight testing 14
Astronauts 14
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 14
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 14
Hawaii 14
Military education 14
stationery 14
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 13
Boeing Model 707 Family 13
DVDs 13
SPAD XIII (S.13) 13
TMOF Aircraft 13
Training 13
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United States. Navy 65
United States. Air Force 55
United States. Army Air Forces 51
Boeing 48
Pan American World Airways, Inc 33
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United Airlines 32
Boeing Company 30
United States. Army. Air Corps 24
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 21
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Northwest Airlines Corporation 17
United States. Army 16
Trans World Airlines 15
Project Apollo (U.S.) 14
United States. Marine Corps 14
Western Airlines 13
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 12
King County International Airport 12
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 9
North American Aviation 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Northwest Orient Airlines 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 8
American Airlines 7
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 7
Douglas Aircraft Company 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 7
American Fighter Aces Association 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Curtiss 6
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Eastern Air Lines 6
Lockheed 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 6
Air Line Pilots Association 5
Alaska Airlines 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 5
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 5
Delta Air Lines 5
Douglas 5
Flying Tiger Line 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
John F. Kennedy Space Center 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 5
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 5
National Championship Air Races 5
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.) 5
Northrop 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 5
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 4
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
Braniff Airways 4
British Airways 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
France. Armée de l'air 4
Germany. Luftwaffe 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Langley Field (Va.) 4
Lovell, Jim 4
McDonnell Douglas Corp 4
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 4
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998 4
Stearman (1927) 4
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 4
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 4
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 4
United States. Army. Signal Corps 4
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 4
Aerocar, Inc 3
Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association 3
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) 3
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 3
Avro 3
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 3
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 3
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