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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

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jim Plant oral interview

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2021-09-24

Content Description The Jim Plant oral interview is a small collection consisting of an audio recording and related document of an oral interview conducted by Fred Parkinson with his uncle Jim Plant in August 1996 about Plant's experience as a prisoner of war during World War II. James Plant was a bomber pilot for the Royal Air Force during World War II who was shot down in July 1940 over Germany. He was detained as a prisoner of war for five wars until he was released on May 2, 1945 by the Allies....

Dates: 1996 August

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James H. Platt Vietnam War Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2017-10-19

Abstract

James H. Platt served in Vietnam from 1967-1968 as a United States Air Force Rescue Commander. The collection contains twenty (20) slides and one (1) photocopied document related to his service.

Dates: 1967-1968

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Michael A. Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2009-04-15

Contents of the Collection The Michael Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection is a small collection comprised of film footage and photomechanical prints relating to the recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the USS Iwo Jima on April 17 1970. The film footage, which was shot by Poirier and is about ten minutes long, depicts both a SIMEX (simulation exercise) of the Apollo 13 recovery using a boilerplate Command Module (CM), as well as the actual recovery of the real CM. Several shots feature U.S. Navy...

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1989-07-06-A

Contents of the Collection The Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection is a small collection comprised of textual marketing materials from Northwest Airlines and Northwest Orient Airlines, collected between 1948-1956. Included are a souvenir Flight Kit, maps, postcards, and brochures. There are also timetables with fares for various routes, predominantly for service to Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and China. Materials feature several aircraft that began commercial service in the late 1940s, including the Boeing...

Dates: 1948-1956

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Pomer Family Scrapbook

Collection — Box: Scrapbook Box 42

Identifier: 2007-05-11-A

Contents of the Collection

The collection is comprised of a scrapbook with primarily black-and-white photographs featuring women and men in Navy uniforms, aircraft in flight, and military personnel and civilians in both casual and posed settings, circa 1930s-1950s. Most of the images are military-related with some depicting members of the Pomer family. The scrapbook also has a certificate of membership for the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and three Pomer family children's report cards.

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kenneth W. Porter RCAF logbook

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1992-03-24

Scope and Contents

The Kenneth W. Porter RCAF logbook is a small collection consisting of one logbook documenting Porter's service as a navigator with the Royal Canadian Air Force from July 1945 to October 1947. Most of the flights documented were out of Portage la Prairie Manitoba, Canada. The aircraft documented include Avro Ansons, de Havilland DH-82s, de Havilland Mosquitos, Vickers Wellingtons, and Handley Page Halifaxes.

Dates: July 1945 - October 1947

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Dummer Powell World War II Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2008-05-30

Abstract

William Dummer Powell was born in about 1906 in Canada, became a United States citizen in 1935 and served in the Army Air Force 449th Bomb Group as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. The collection consists of a small amount of military documents, personal documents, and twenty-five (25) photographs primarily related to Powell's World War II service in the Army Air Force.

Dates: circa 1939-1980s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ed Power Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2012-04-16-A

Abstract

The collection contains a glass plate negative and print from negative featuring an Albatros D.V (L24).

Dates: circa 1917-1918

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection

Jim Plant oral interview

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Michael A. Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection

Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection

Pomer Family Scrapbook

Kenneth W. Porter RCAF logbook

William Dummer Powell World War II Collection

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